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Law Practice

Jan. 13, 2012

Does the hearse horse always snicker?

Remembering Richard Sheik Kim, a deputy public defender who transcended the law. By Douglas G. Carnahan of the L.A. County Superior Court


Why does a hearse horse snicker [h]auling a lawyer away? - Carl Sandburg, "The Lawyers Know Too Much"


A friend of mine died last fall. His name was Richard Sheik Kim, and he was a lawyer. In fact, for most of his career he was a public defender, representing, as is said (and as was said to him), "those people."


Richard, being a 20th century man, was not hauled away by a hearse horse. He was buried in the usual fashion, a...

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