Michael Baden and Linda Kenney Baden: The Ultimate Power Couple in Criminal Jurisprudence
Preface: Every World Series of Poker is special. Attend enough of them, and each year becomes a well-defined moment and a new entry onto one’s personal timeline. What creates such indelible impressions? Not the poker hands. Not the prize money. Not even the coveted gold bracelets – and I have witnessed more than half of the final hands that have taken place in the tournament’s 45-year history. Rather, it’s the people. It’s all the interesting personalities and their unique stories that I remember, and even revere, the most. This year, I had the great pleasure of meeting two remarkable people who I believe you will find just as fascinating as I did.
What do you get when you cross the nation’s most famous and widely-respected forensic pathologist with a high-powered criminal defense attorney who was once portrayed in a movie by Academy Award Winning Actress Helen Mirren?
Answer – Criminal jurisprudence’s consummate power couple.
Between Michael Baden and Linda Kenney Baden, they have independently worked on more celebrated legal cases and appeared at more notable trials that any couple alive.
Who could have guessed they’re also poker players?
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