"Law & Order," meet "The Practice." Three weeks after stepping down from his 35-year job as Manhattan's district attorney — where he became the model for the original DA of TV's "Law & Order" — Robert Morgenthau has a new job at ...

Veteran New York chief prosecutor Robert Morgenthau, who oversaw crime fighting in the city for 35 years and inspired a television character, retires Thursday. Morgenthau, 90, is a New York fixture who has battled as district attorney against the Mafia, white collar Wall Street crimes, and run high-profile celebrity cases including the prosecution of John Lennon's murderer. Politically connected ...

Robert Morgenthau has been cast in many roles during his decades in office. The inspiration for the district attorney on TV's "Law & Order." A taker-on of mobsters, misbehaving celebrities and corrupt CEOs. A Democratic powerbroker who grew up among Roosevelts and Kennedys and ...