Joel Cohen, a litigator for 40 years, interviewed 13 federal judges about specific controversial decisions, settlements and rulings. They allowed Cohen to "cross-examine" them, not just about these rulings, but about what, in their personal lives, may have influenced them. Blindfolds Off asks whether judges can, or should, disregard their influences, beliefs, expectations and temperament. This book now gives you the opportunity to listen in on judicial thinking in one high profile case after another.

Joel Cohen is a highly respected white collar criminal defense lawyer in New York. He has practiced in that field, as well as complex civil litigation, at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP for nearly 30 years, after having worked for ten years as a prosecutor with the New York State Special Prosecutor¿s Office and then with the U.S. Department of Justice¿s Organized Crime and Racketeering Section in the Eastern District of New York. Joel writes regularly for the New York Law Journal, The Hill, Huffington Post, law.com, and others on criminal law, legal ethics, and social policy. He frequently lectures lawyers, judges, and the public on varied issues, including ethics and religion. He has taught professional responsibility and currently teaches a class at Fordham Law School, ¿How Judges Decide,¿ based on his earlier book, Blindfolds Off: Judges on How They Decide, published by ABA Publishing in 2014. Joel has published several works of Biblical fiction, including Moses: A Memoir, David and Bathsheba: Through Nathan¿s Eyes, and Moses and Jesus: A Conversation. Finally, he has also authored Truth Be Veiled, a Justin Steele Murder Case, a novel that addresses the criminal lawyer¿s dilemma in dealing with the truth.