Fighting the tobacco industry can be a Sisyphean task, but Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Schlesinger said it’s the most fulfilling one he’s ever taken on.

“I feel so lucky to have fallen into it as a veteran lawyer,” Schlesinger, 58, said. “What do lawyers my age tell you? What’s the truth? They’re burned out. A 30-year lawyer, a litigator and trial attorney, that’s doing the same thing for the whole time by and large is at risk of being burned out.”

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