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How Big Law Became Big
As US capitalism boomed, attorneys from a handful of New York law firms became powerful viziers of America’s elite.
Adrian Bleifuss Prados is a lawyer in Chicago whose main area of practice is civil rights.
As US capitalism boomed, attorneys from a handful of New York law firms became powerful viziers of America’s elite.