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Solo and Small Firms

May 11, 2010

Father Knows Best

Two years after selling his practice to devote himself fully to his pro-bono work, Michael Rapkin decided to hang out another shingle and was joined by his son Scott, a freshly minted lawyer.

By Susan McRae

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA MONICA - Scott B. Rapkin graduated from law school in 2008, when new lawyers seeking jobs in the legal profession were being dubbed the lost generation because of the dismal job market.

Big law was imploding, and funding for public interest work, an area that held particular appeal for him, was quickly drying up.

Coincidentally, at about that same time, Rapkin's ...

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