A lawyer recounts intervening in a minor altercation at a Boston Bruins game

4.2.12 WC: 191694 Jumping a mugger When I was a young lawyer, I frequently took my kids to Boston Bruin hockey games, which were rough and tumble affairs, both on the ice and in the stands. At one game, a great lawyer with whom I have sometimes worked, Joe Oteri was sitting a row in front of me with his teenage daughter. During a break between period, Joe went out for a beer. An older teenage guy began to aggressively flirt with Joe’s daughter. When Joe saw him touching his daughter in an unwelcome way, he grabbed him. Unbeknownst to Joe, the guy’s friend was standing in back of him and raised his hand above his head about to hit Joe from behind. As soon as I saw this, I leaped over the seats and grabbed the guy from behind, preventing him from hitting Joe. The security came and quickly separated us. When Joe began to tell this story to anyone who would listen, it kept getting better and better. The final version had me beating up the two maulers and saving his daughter’s life. Although the reality is that my heroism was quite limited and totally instinctive, Joe has never forgotten what I did and has always shown his appreciation. 383 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017470