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Top Spitzer Aide, Anti-Trust Lawyer Talks Careers
Lloyd Constantine, one of Eliot Spitzer's most trusted advisors during his short stint as governor, and the lead counsel on the anti-trust case that brought down the Visa/MasterCard bank cartel, spoke to CHS seniors about career opportunities November 2. He was the guest of history teacher Stephanie Campbell. "I do not hold out my career as a model, except my career has been all about what I wanted to be," he told them. "I recommend your career be all about you. I'm 62 years old, and I'm still changing. If you have a career like that, you're going to have a lot of fun. A career about who you are, and what you like to do."
LEFT: Lloyd Constantine responds to a question from CHS student John Tenace, as history teacher Stephanie Campbell and PE teacher Dan Kohler listen.
Spitzer worked for Constantine at the U.S. Attorney General's Office in the early 1980s; later they became law partners. Then, when Spitzer became a successful politician, Constantine headed up his transition teams as New York attorney general and governor. Then he joined Spitzer's gubernatorial administration. "I thought I'd have some fun," he said. "It was a pretty rough year." After Spitzer resigned from office, Constantine found himself out of work and wondering what he was going to do. It was then he decided to fulfill his lifelong ambition of being a writer. His first book is called Priceless, and it's the story of the 14-year case by retailers against a cartel of credit card companies, on which Constantine was the lead counsel, and that resulted in a record $3.5 billion payment. His second book, in manuscript, is on the Spitzer administration.