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Editor's Note

Oct. 1, 2011

Editor's Note

Even though we know it's terribly unfair, lawyers are judged all the time by the clients they keep. Consider: When was the last time you read about an attorney mounting a "heroic" defense of a tobacco company? Or a gangbanger? Or a slumlord? And when have you ever heard of a lawyer who, after an illustrious career defending the rights of workers and immigrants, says he's proud to defend a swaggering CEO sued repeatedly for on-the-job sexual harassment?

Meet Peter A....

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