PART ONE - FAMILY
Chapter 2 -- From Russia with Love
Chapter 3 -- Diamond's are this man's best friends
Chapter 4 -- The Irish Mrs. Diamond
Chapter 5 -- The family friend Mrs. Diamond -- not yet finished
Chapter 6 -- The Actress Mrs. Diamond
Chapter 7 -- Knock, Knock ... "I would like to buy your home."
Chapter 8 -- The Lake Washington Homestead
Chapter 9 -- The pet poodle
Chapter 10 -- Submarine Skier -- not yet finished
PART TWO - AN HONORABLE COUNSELOR
#11 "So you'll be a lawyer"
#12 "O.K. you can hang your hat in the library for a few days"
#13 "I am writing about your past due indebtedness of $2.00."
#14 Straight to the point
#15 My first case (The judge was the town barber)
#16 The first case I lost (but later won after all)
#17 From volunteer to partner in three years
#18 "My clients are my friends"
#19 "If you're out to hurt someone, find another lawyer."
#20 "Do you know anything about the parking business?"
#21 The lawsuit tried without a Judge
#22 "They threatened to sue you? This could be a bonanza for you!"
#23 "Most people are prejudice in their own favor"
#24 Three sides to every matter
#25 'twas the night before Christmas
#26 Taking his alma mater to court ... the Supreme Court
#27 "You leave me no alternative ..."
#28 "The jury finds in your favor for 330-dollars ... No, No ...
#29 Going the extra mile ... and then some
#30 "I think you need to let me take care of this for you"
#31 "The law is nothing more than common sense recorded in dusty books"
#32 "In almost any case, you can find a judgment going both ways."
#33 "Get rid of the legal expense"
#34 "Not just shoveling smoke"
#35 "I think I settled more than 90 percent of my cases out of court."
#36 "They ought to teach more about negotiating settlements."
PART THREE - A DISTINGUISHED MILITARY CAREER
#37 U.S. Navy pre-flight Cadet Diamond
#38 U.S. Army Captain Diamond
#39 "This is your last invitation to accept an active duty appointment ...
#40 Negotiating terms of employment with the General
#41 Where were you when Pearl Harbor was bombed? December 7, 1941
#42 Locked in by the Secret Service
#43 "Somebody looking after me"
#44 Mr. Efficiency Expert - doing it by the numbers
#45 "Sorry Judge, you will have to move ..."
#46 Talk about a booming land business
#47 Settling the Score - The Bethlehem Steel Case from WW-I
#48 The $5,000,000 Ford Motor Company tank that never got built.
#49 "Here, sign this General ... make it the law of the land."
#50 Friendly persuasion ... do it or else
#51 The Legion of Merit Award - serving with distinction
#52 Colonel Diamond
PART FOUR - THE DIAMOND EMPIRE
#53 Covering buttons ... "my first job" (at age eight)
#54 Parking - 10-cents-a-day
#55 Pumping gas to fuel his education
#56 Louis: "I want to retire, do you want the business?"
#57 "I don't want to be in the rent-a-car business"
#58 A 50-50 partnership "I'll loan you the money for your half"
#59 "23 used cars and two real good employees ..."
#60 Warehouse merchandising in the 1950's? The Govmart Story
#61 Founding Northwest Bank
#62 Mr. Innovator
#63 Early morning weed pulling detail
#64 President of the National Parking Association
#65 "How do you lose money on a franchise for the world's fair?"
#66 Chairman of the Budget Rent-a-Car advisory committee.
#67 Confronting the lion in his den
#68 Grizzly bear or Teddy bear?
#69 Make your employees feel important, part of the family
PART FIVE - THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS
#70 Simple rules -- profound impact
#71 "I have always tried do what I feel is right"
#72 How to know the difference between right and wrong.
#73 The clean desk
#74 Taking time to for people ... time to listen
#75 Taking time to think and digest
#76 One subject per letter
#77 Answer your own phone -- return every call in a timely manner
#78 "You have to be able to admit it when you are wrong."
#79 "Profanity is ignorance made audible"
#80 A pet peeve -- lawyers bouncing from firm to firm
#81 "Treat others as you would like to be treated"
#82 Any business can be successful if you have good people
#83 You must like what you are doing.
#84 Taking into account a client's ability to pay
#85 "Can we award Mr. Diamond more than he asked for?"
#86 Muriel's insights
#87 "You can't get him to say something bad about anyone"
#88 Loyalty
#89: "My real fortune is my family"
#90: "Wait to Worry"
