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First Person

Aug. 1, 2008

Taxiing Onward

When I accepted the position of executive director of the San Francisco Taxi Commission, I didn't take into account that my predecessors had run screaming from the job.


     
You should wear a sign on your forehead warning graduating law students to never go into government straight out of law school." ¶ This was the gloomy suggestion a female law partner offered me in January on what was likely my 30th informational interview. I had been meeting with various practitioners--from in-house counsel and law firm partners to cor...

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