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Law Practice

May 13, 2016

Johnston & Hutchinson LLP associate climbs Mount Kilimanjaro

The mental tricks attorney Brian Needelman applied while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in late March are the same ones he may use in court next week at his first solo trial.

By Amanda Schallert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Around hour five up a sheer escarpment near Mount Kilimanjaro's summit, Brian Needelman reached a crater and craved a few minutes rest in the thin air.

Halting at 5756 meters would only have made the rest of the trek harder for the Johnston & Hutchinson LLP associate. So in the pitch black, he counted steps and looked ahead at a guide's headlamp until they summited around daybreak.

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