‘Big gun’ rides into Irving case: Prominent attorney Susman won $900M from Microsoft
Irving Materials Inc. may appreciate that folksy quip after sparring with Houston attorney Stephen D. Susman. The broad-shouldered Texan who once prosecuted Hamlet in a mock trial for charity (Hamlet was convicted) has been named co-lead counsel for construction firms suing Greenfield-based IMI in federal court here over concrete price-fixing. In 1989, Susman defended U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright against ethics charges in a flamboyant style that ruffled the Volvo-driving sensibilities of Beltway Yankees. Susman, 64, called his dapper opponent…