When Mr. Chayet started “Looking at the Law” in 1976, he feared that he would not have enough to say for very long. “It was my job to deal with the number of psychiatrists who called us to say, ‘I have the strangler in my practice,’ ” Mr. Chayet told The Eagle-Tribune, a Massachusetts newspaper, in 2013. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyDevoted as Mr. Chayet was to “Looking at the Law,” it was always a sidelight; through all the years he remained a well-connected lawyer, lobbyist and lecturer. Mr. Chayet, who was active in the Massachusetts Republican Party and considered running for the Senate and governor, was long interested in creative ways to resolve conflicts. Mr. Casey, of WBZ, said that Mr. Chayet had spoken excitedly about expanding his work in conflict resolution, adding, “He was more passionate recently about the course and setting up a center for resolving conflicts than ‘Is this script ready?’ ”

Source: New York Times August 15, 2017 22:07 UTC