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By Dan Markel, Ethan Leib, Rick Garnett, Matt Bodie, Paul Horwitz , Steve Vladeck, and Orly Lobel

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I was prepping professional responsibility for this week and returned to this gem of a quote that to me so accurately captures much of the practice of law:

"About half the practice of a decent lawyer consists of telling would-be clients that they are damn fools and should stop."

Source after the break.

Elihu Root, 1845-1937

Lawyer, U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York, Sectary of War, Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Full post as published by Prawfs on April 14, 2009 (boomark / email).

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