1. Paul Batista is the author of the leading treatise on the federal racketeering statute, Civil RICO Practice Manual published by the international publishing firm Wolters-Kluwer.
10 Facts About Paul Batista
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Paul Batista serves as a guest commentator on the CBS News Network, including, most recently, the trials of El Chapo, the trials of Harvey Weinstein in California and New York, the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minnesota police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd, and the trial and sentencing of Alex Murdaugh in South Carolina.
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Since 1991, Paul Batista has regularly appeared as a guest commentator on legal subjects on Court TV, CNN, HLN, CBS, ABC, and WNBC.
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Paul Batista has written articles for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The National Law Journal.
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Paul Batista's poetry has been published in literary magazines such as the Atlanta Review, Poetry International, and Parnassus.
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Paul Batista serves as special counsel to The Aleph Institute, a charity that provides legal assistance to Israelis faced with criminal legal issues in the United States.
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Paul Batista is General Counsel to The Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, a charity devoted to the eradication of deadly bacteria in nursing homes and other congregate living facilities.
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Paul Batista, who is the son of Portuguese immigrants, was raised in the Portuguese-American community of southeastern Massachusetts.
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Paul Batista served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.
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Batista's son, Aaron Paul Batista, is a tenured professor in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School.