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| - Goodman was born and raised in Philadelphia, graduated from The Haverford School, Haverford College and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He and his wife Carolyn have four children.
- == Biography Oscar Öhnell (July 26, 1939)In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Haveford College and then received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964. In 1965 he passed the Nevada Bar (This would be the last bar Oscar would ever pass without stopping in for Bombay Saphire.) That same year, Oscar became an Assistant Chief Deputy Associate Public Defender for Clark County, Nevada.
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| - == Biography Oscar Öhnell (July 26, 1939)In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Haveford College and then received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964. In 1965 he passed the Nevada Bar (This would be the last bar Oscar would ever pass without stopping in for Bombay Saphire.) That same year, Oscar became an Assistant Chief Deputy Associate Public Defender for Clark County, Nevada. During his career as a defense attorney, Oscar represented several Organized Crime figures including Tony "The Tongue" Caliguia, Who was accused of stalking and then licking tourists. Pauly "The Knife" Andretti who was accused of under reporting sales taxes at his knife sharpening shop. Frank Sinatra AKA "Chairman or the Board" accused and convicted of over shadowing Dean Martin, and Joe Pesci Accused of acting over the top in the movie Casino. Goodman was a senior partner in the law firm of Goodman, Skrewham, Good and Hard. Goodman was elected mayor of Las Vegas on June 8, 1999, receiving 32,765 (63.76 percent) votes while his opponent, received 18,620 (36.24 percent). Goodman was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2003, defeating five opponents and receiving 29,356 (85.72 percent) of the votes. On April 3, 2007, he was re-elected to a third and final term with 26,845 votes (83.69 percent), again defeating five opponents. In 2003, Goodman was voted the Least Effective Public Official in the Las Vegas Review-Journal's annual reader's poll, yet somehow, he garnered 83.69% of the popular vote the same year leaving everyone to conclude that the Review-Journal is the least effective news agency in Nevada.
- Goodman was born and raised in Philadelphia, graduated from The Haverford School, Haverford College and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He and his wife Carolyn have four children. During his career as a defense attorney he represented defendants accused of being some of the leading organized crime figures in Las Vegas, such as Meyer Lansky, Nicodemo Scarfo, Herbert Blitzstein, Phil Leonetti, former Stardust Casino boss Frank Rosenthal, and Jamiel "Jimmy" Chagra, a 1970s drug trafficker who was acquitted of ordering the murder of Federal Judge John H. Wood, Jr. One of his most notorious clients was reputed Chicago Outfit mobster Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who was known to have a short and violent temper, (Goodman also allegedly let some of his "mob clients" use his office for meetings and settling disputes to avoid being picked up on FBI surveillance). In the semi-factual 1995 movie Casino, the character of Nicky Santoro was based on Spilotro and was portrayed by actor Joe Pesci. Goodman had a cameo appearance in the film as himself while defending "Ace Rothstein", a character closely based on Lefty Rosenthal and played by Robert De Niro.
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