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LAWYERS AT WORK - CLARE COSSLETT KARTONIERT (TB)

With probing questions and articulate answers  Cosslett and her subjects shed light on the
challenges of legal practice in the current legal market. BLS Law Notes  11.16.12 Lawyers at
Work reveals what it means and what it takes to be a satisfied  sane  and successful lawyer in
today's tough legal marketplace. Through incisive in-depth interviews  a top legal headhunter
gives the 3rd degree to 15 successful lawyers who run the gamut of the legal profession.
Practice areas represented in these profiles range from employment discrimination to corporate
defense  from federal white collar prosecution to the legal structuring of complex derivative
instruments  from antitrust in DC to trusts & estates in Florida  from divorce in New York to
international mergers in Paris  from intellectual property in Silicon Valley to creeping
expropriation in India  and from entertainment law in Hollywood to welfare rights in the Bronx.
Law firm sizes range from one of the biggest in the world with over two thousand lawyers to a
one-lawyer general practice. Career levels range from biglaw partners and courtroom superstars
to mid-level associates and ex-lawyers. Though many of the interviewees in Lawyers at Work are
generic adversaries  the interviewer brings out commonalities in their ways of working  methods
of reasoning  and sources of personal motivation. Readers hear from the practitioner's own
unbuttoned lips about their career formation  daily work grind  victories and setbacks  guiding
principles  professional rewards  and practical advice for aspiring lawyers.

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