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Solo and Small Firms

Jan. 17, 2001

Asbestos' Bane

Marin County's Brayton Purcell has made a name for itself outside the new economy by cashing in on a wave of plaintiffs' litigation that began 20 years ago: asbestos.

        By Erik Cummins

        The lights at Marin County's Brayton Purcell Curtis & Geagan are always on at 6 a.m. Usually even earlier.
        They're still on at 7 p.m., with no darkness in sight.
        Alan Brayton, the firm's founder and managing partner, admits his firm's 190 empl...

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