The Late-Blooming Writer Who Was a Debevoise & Plimpton Partner

Once a week, Louis Begley, 82, visits the New York office of Debevoise & Plimpton, where he is a retired partner.

“I usually go there on firm lunch day,” said Begley. “It gives me a chance to see my old partners and the young partners I don’t know. I cannot overstate my affection for my firm.”

He’s in the spotlight this month after the release in February of his latest novel,Kill and be Killed —the story of former Marine Corps officer turned novelist, Jack Dana, who avenges the murder of his Uncle Harry — a Big Law partner. Without giving away too much, ...