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Law Practice

Sep. 25, 2009

Legal Services Defy Trends, Expert Says

When it comes to economic cycles, the legal profession is its own animal. That's the conclusion Chapman University's president, James L. Doti, arrived at in a forecast of the industry.

By Rebecca U. Cho
Daily Journal Staff Writer

NEWPORT BEACH - When it comes to economic cycles, the legal profession is its own animal.

That's the conclusion Chapman University's president, James L. Doti, arrived at in his forecast for the industry Tuesday night at the Pacific Club in this ritzy Orange County enclave. Doti, an economist, targeted the legal industry in the forecast for the first time. He regularly presents a general economic forecas...

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