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Obituaries,
Civil Litigation,
Law Practice

Mar. 20, 2018

The civility and decency of a legal titan: Maxwell M. Blecher

At a time when our society’s civility and decency are being threatened every day, I feel compelled to write about the passing of a true legend in the legal profession who embodied civility and decency in everything that he did.

David W. Kesselman

Co-Managing Partner
Kesselman Brantly & Stockinger LLP

Phone: (310) 307-4555

Email: dkesselman@kbslaw.com

David is an adjunct professor of antitrust law at Loyola Law Schoo.

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The civility and decency of a legal titan: Maxwell M. Blecher
Maxwell M. Blecher

At a time when our society's civility and decency are being threatened every day, I feel compelled to write about the passing of a true legend in the legal profession who embodied civility and decency in everything that he did. Last October, we unexpectedly lost a giant of the antitrust bar: Maxwell M. Blecher. A truly gifted lawyer for more than 60 years, Max was a throw-back to another era. In his view, the practice of law was a profession in which your word was you...

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