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The Littlest Brother

Sitting in the boardroom of Bethesda’s Linowes and Blocher, Paul Sweeney reflects on growing up the youngest of three brothers in Clinton, Conn. “When we were swimming, [my brothers] would say, ‘That cliff looks like a good thing to jump off of—let’s have Paul go first just to make sure it’s safe.’ I remember bicycling down this embankment and launching myself into the air at age 4 or 5 because they suggested it would be fun.” Sweeney, 44, specializes in bankruptcy litigation …