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Solo and Small Firms

May 13, 2010

The Small Firm Lawyer

As a lifelong solo small firm lawyer, Nina Marino of Kaplan Marino gave up the comfort and security of a paycheck for control over her practice and life.

By Nina Marino

I come from a family of lawyers. My mother is a lawyer, my father, my sister, my brother, my uncles and cousins, on both sides, are all lawyers. They are all, like me, solo or small firm lawyers, except for my uncle who owned and ran the New York Marino Bar Review course. Unlike me, they are all civil lawyers. I am a criminal defense lawyer. I always have been.

Although I always wanted to be a litigator, being a criminal defen...

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