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Lawsuit on Aisle 5
How Robert Gordon went from a farm commune to Safeway Inc.

Fashion Sense
Meet Michelle Banks, counsel to Gap Inc. 

The Million-Dollar Man
Mike Kelly is a very funny man. But facing him in court is no laughing matter

Veen, Vidi, Vici
Bill Veen has traveled a long way since his days in Satan's Chauffeurs

The Wild One
Chris Dolan's cases are a real-life Streets of San Francisco

The Richmond Bridge
Diana Richmond works to connect new ideas of family with old ideas of family law

The Powers of Persuasion
Matthew Powers is the Willie Mays of Patent litigation

The Wikipedia Zeitgeist
Why Mike Godwin disowns his own content

The Youngest Partner
For Clifford Yin, success came early

Rocketing to the Top
It took all of three months before Hiep Truong was made the head of his firm's workers' comp practice

Inattention at High Speeds Is a Very Bad Thing
Racing cars has helped Ed Hugo's focus in the courtroom

How Terry O’Reilly Found His Way to Law Through Rugby
Sports, says O'Reilly, have taught him to never give up

Alice Plays Juries as Powerfully as She Plays Beethoven
Alice O'Sullivan transformed from piano prodigy to legal savant

Q&A with Jon B. Eisenberg

The Chief Legal Yahoo
Michael Callahan on negotiating with Microsoft, Google and Icahn

The Wikipedia Zeitgeist
Why Mike Godwin disowns his own content   

Son of the Magyar Hercules
Allen Ruby's early training in the ring (and we're not talking Wagner here) prepared him for the fight  

Boris Feldman wants to Save the World (And Make It Safe for Fun)
Anyone who can replace stacks of files with piles of toys can't be all bad        

An Engineer in the Valley
Thorny business problems are Gordy Davidson's playground  

No Steak Tartare for Alan Mendelson
A gentle man is sought by emerging life sciences companies        

Jerry Falk Almost Always Gets the Last Word
It's so much fun winning appeals for clients  

Let Judgment Run Down as Waters, and Righteousness as a Mighty Stream
Who believes that stuff? Amos ... and Arthur Bryant        

All He Cared About Was Law
Become the King of Janitors? No, thanks

How to Clean Up a Pornographer, and Other Problems of the Law
Nanci Clarence wants you to see the good she sees in people        

True Believer
Some people are guided by a moral compass; San Francisco employment attorney Cliff Palefsky has a moral GPS   

From Woodward & Bernstein to Holme Roberts & Owen
A former investigative reporter advises newspapers on where to draw the line        

Stephen Murphy and the Art of the Legal Novel

Why Bruce Wagman Refuses to Argue the Law with His Clients

The Confessions of a Political Turncoat
Jack Londen may be his family's (political) black sheep, but he's a liberal hero        

Old Lawyers Can Learn New Tricks
Ronald Rossi goes back to college in his 50s        

Mr. Gillin Goes to Orinda
A '60s Norman Vincent Peale survives. No-thrives

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