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Public Interest

Apr. 18, 2002

Clocking Out

Dicta Column - By Paul O'Brien - "You're our sixth lawyer," he told me. Those words would ordinarily set off alarm bells for a sane member of the bar, but I was pleased to hear them uttered. Before I'm accused of moonlighting, violating the terms of my employment with the State Bar or simply being a fool, let me put the words in context. The speaker was a junior officer in my local Lion's Club, which I had only recently joined. I was the club's sixth lawyer member.

        Dicta Column
        
        By Paul O'Brien
        
        "You're our sixth lawyer," he told me.
        Those words would ordinarily set off alarm bells for a sane member of th...

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