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I think lawyers write their epitaph on water, and it disappears with the next tide. You don’t leave anything behind you that succeeds you like an engineer, or a builder or a craftsman can do. All we contribute is hot air. I’m not saying that facetiously. But I don’t believe any client being better off by a few hundred thousand as a result ...read more +

 
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