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Perspective

Apr. 21, 2015

LETTER: This foreign attorney and the legal community

A recent column complains that the hopes of foreign-trained attorneys are often dashed as a result of a profession that is unable to see them for the talented, skillful lawyers they are. I disagree. By Ramiro Flores Munoz

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

On April 15, the Daily Journal published a column by Ogochukwu Victor Onwaeze titled "Missed opportunity in foreign-trained attorneys." Mr. Onwaeze complains that the hopes of foreign-trained attorneys are often dashed as a result of a profession that is unable to see them for the talented, skillful lawyers they are. I disagree.

When I arrived in the United States from Argentina, I was 27 years old and spoke no Engli...

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