Gunster Fort Lauderdale Office Managing Shareholder Jonathan K. Osborne recently welcomed U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman to the Always an Athlete Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on discipline, leadership, resilience, and the pursuit of truth.
Judge Altman, one of the youngest federal judges ever appointed in the United States, shared the personal experiences that shaped his remarkable career—from his family's Holocaust survival and immigrant roots to his time as a student-athlete at Columbia University and Yale Law School graduate to award-winning federal prosecutor. The conversation also explores his New York Times bestselling book, Israel on Trial, in which he applies legal methodology and critical thinking to one of the world's most polarizing issues, demonstrating how the tools of law, reason, and evidence can help readers better understand truth in an age of misinformation.
Jonathan and Judge Altman discuss grit, character, conviction, fatherhood, and the responsibility we all carry to lead with integrity—themes that resonate well beyond the courtroom or the playing field.
Listen now: Always an Athlete Podcast with Judge Roy K. Altman
Jonathan K. Osborne serves as Gunster's Fort Lauderdale Office Managing Shareholder and is chair of the firm's White Collar Defense & Internal Investigations practice. He began his practice at Gunster and later returned to the firm after serving in the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida. As a former college athlete, Osborne explores the intersection of competition, advocacy, and leadership through a dedicated blog and podcast that draw on his experiences in the courtroom and on the court.
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