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In Recess

Aug. 10, 2018

Lean on Me

After struggling through his own dark depression, entertainment lawyer Michael Rexford helps law firms spread suicide awareness.

Sam Diephuis / Special to the Daily Journal

LOS ANGELES — Media and entertainment attorney Michael Rexford doesn’t shy away from difficult questions.

“Are you thinking about killing yourself?” he asks calmly. And after a brief pause, in which the silence feels almost deafening, Rexford follows up with, “Have you ever asked anyone that?”

For those suffering from mental illness, that 10-syllable question has life-altering potential, something...

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