White Collar Archetypes: Molding Your 'Great Gatsby' Ally

By Jack Sharman and Mary Parrish McCracken ( June 9, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT) -- This article is part of a quarterly column discussing how defense attorneys can learn from the eight character archetypes of the classic "hero's journey" identified by screenwriter and author Christopher Vogler, and how to apply these archetypes to white collar trials. This installment discusses what attorneys can learn from "The Great Gatsby" and how they can help their witnesses to emulate the ally archetype modeled by the novel's narrator....

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