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Law Practice

Aug. 30, 2010

The Elephant in the Room

The sudden passing of a litigation partner and friend brings reflection on how to live a meaningful life.

Timothy A. Tosta

Arent Fox LLP

Email: tim.tosta@arentfox.com


It had been a little over three years since I had spent any meaningful time with Peter. We left message snippets for one another on Facebook, exchanged occasional e-mails and had short telephone conversations in which we agreed to reconnect as soon as we found the time, which we never did.


Peter had come in as a lateral litigation partner at the firm, which I had joined the previous year. Although he was in Los Angeles, my client work in Los Angeles and his in San Fran...

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