Law Practice
Oct. 28, 2014
Before you 'brand': simplify, then amplify
Upon graduating from Boalt Hall in 1974, I "hung out my shingle." It's been 40 years since that fateful decision and, for the life of me, I do not understand what I could have been thinking.
Upon graduating from Boalt Hall (UC Berkeley) in 1974, I did a rather uncommon thing for that time. I came across the Bay, rented an office in Jackson Square, and "hung out my shingle." It's been 40 years now since that fateful decision and, for the life of me, I do not understand what I could have been thinking about that would lead me to believe not only that I could survive in the practice, but ever succeed.
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