Tom Goldstein has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of shoppers who overpaid for vitamins, fellow lawyers facing court sanctions, and disabled passengers unhappy with their treatment on cruises. But he had no idea mundane legal issues might make for riveting television. "If you knew my life, you would not think it is the stuff of television drama," says the 39-year-old Goldstein, who has argued 21 cases before the Supreme Court since 1999. Hollywood thinks otherwise. Sony Pictures Television has bought the rights to Goldstein's life story and NBC has commissioned a pilot for the series, tentatively titled Tommy Supreme. Past TV shows that centered on the High Court met with swift and unpleasant verdicts.
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