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The Attorney Life: Demands, Strategy and Professional Reality

I was in my office one day and the receptionist said there was someone there to see me. I said, “tell him that I am busy, and he needs to make an appointment.” She calls back 30 seconds later and said “it is an FBI agent!” I said, “how do you know that?” She said, “I asked for ID, and he showed me…

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