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Feb. 1, 2019
The Day the Library Burned
In April of 1986, I stood at the conference room window of the large firm in downtown Los Angeles where I worked, numerous other young lawyers -- some now my partners -- gathered around me, pacing, agitated by what we were seeing.
Richard Wirick
Partner
Risk Management and Insurance Litigation (RMIL) Practice Group at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP (Haight).
In April of 1986, I stood at the conference room window of the large firm in downtown Los Angeles where I worked, numerous other young lawyers -- some now my partners -- gathered around me, pacing, agitated by what we were seeing. Up Hope Street a couple of blocks we saw a long plume of smoke drifting from the bright-tiled pyramid of the Central Library, the drift of it merging with the surrounding curtains of haze. The library was on fire. We figured it could not spr...
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