Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jim Walden

City’s Response to PPW Lawsuit Matter-of-Factly Dismantles NBBL Claims

By Noah Kazis | Jun 16, 2011 | 22 Comments

The lawsuit arguing for the removal of the Prospect Park West bike lane is back in court next Wednesday, and Kate Hinds at Transportation Nation has the legal brief in which the New York City Department of Transportation and the city Law Department respond to the charges leveled against DOT. In new court papers, available […]

Ten Things NBBL Doesn’t Want You to Know

By Ben Fried | Apr 26, 2011 | 26 Comments

If opponents of an effective street safety project repeat dishonest distortions about it often enough, does that make their position true? Apparently, the Daily News editorial board thinks so. An opinion piece they published over the weekend on the Prospect Park West bike lane might as well have come straight from the desk of Gibson […]

Jim Walden Tries to Distance Bike Lane Lawsuit From Weinshall and Schumer

By Ben Fried | Mar 23, 2011 | 31 Comments

This morning, Gibson Dunn attorney Jim Walden continued his media tour calling attention to the lawsuit he filed earlier this month to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane. Appearing on the Brian Lehrer show, Walden tried to distance the group he represents from former DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall and her husband, Senator Chuck Schumer. […]

Gibson Dunn Attorney Jim Walden: Blog Comment “Potentially Libelous”

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2011 | 102 Comments

This Wednesday, while Streetsblog reporter Noah Kazis was wrapping up his piece on the propriety of devoting pro bono legal services to help wealthy Brooklyn residents eradicate a bike lane, we received a letter from Gibson Dunn attorney Jim Walden. We think the letter is illustrative of the tactics employed by opponents of the Prospect […]

In Anti-Bike Lane Case, Gibson Dunn Strays From Pro Bono Standards

By Noah Kazis | Feb 24, 2011 | 36 Comments

Jim Walden is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the kind of white shoe firm where lawyers represent major corporations at rates of nearly a thousand dollars per hour. His name has been popping up on Streetsblog recently because he represents a politically-connected group attempting to undo the redesign of Prospect Park West. According […]