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Law Practice

Sep. 8, 2005

Katrina, Tradition of Injustice Combine, Make Perfect Storm

The practice of law in New Orleans, I would learn as a Los Angeles lawyer admitted to the California Bar, has a different rhythm. The rhythm is, in a word, easy.

Robert L. Bastian Jr.

Partner, Bastian & Dini

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Whittier Law School

The practice of law in New Orleans, I would learn as a Los Angeles lawyer admitted to the California Bar, has a different rhythm. The rhythm is, in a word, easy.
        I was working with a Los Angeles colleague who also had an office in Jefferson Parish, just across the bridge from Orleans Parish, on the police abuse cases that were coming in his door. My first appearance would be a hearing on an appeal before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of App...

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