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Government

Jan. 7, 2003

By the Book With Additions

SAN FRANCISCO - When Dennis Herrera took office as city attorney a year ago, he was issued a nondescript black binder, filled with pages, about a foot thick. It was an attempt to summarize the public law firm he was expected to run, the 200 lawyers who now worked for him, the hundred or so city agencies he served and the $48 million he would spend over the year.

By Tyler Cunningham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - When Dennis Herrera took office as city attorney a year ago, he was issued a nondescript black binder, filled with pages, about a foot thick. It was an attempt to summarize the public law firm he was expected to run, the 200 lawyers who now worked for him, the hundred or so city agencie...

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