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Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jun. 24, 2021

Trouble

There is an old adage that cows run away from a storm while the buffalo charges toward it — and gets through it quicker. Do not prolong the storm when you face trouble in your law practice, be the buffalo.

Michael P. Masuda

Partner
Noland, Hamerly, Etienne & Hoss PC

333 Salinas Street
Salinas , CA 93901

Phone: (831) 424-1414

Email: mmasuda@nheh.com

Univ of North Dakota SOL; Grand Forks ND

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Trouble
There is an old adage that cows run away from a storm while the buffalo charges toward it -- and gets through it quicker. Do not prolong the storm, be the buffalo (Shutterstock)

In the movie "Taken," Liam Neeson slowly and methodically explains to his daughter's kidnappers: "If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you." I too have a particular set of skills, acquired over a very long career, but far less menacing. I am skilled at getting myself out of trouble. And I d...

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