Colleagues thought Norman A. Pattis had a "screw loose," he says, for taking the case of a convicted murderer who claimed prison guards beat him after the convict's attempt to escape from prison. "It's the kind of case you become a lawyer to try," Pattis said. "If you want to make money, work on the stock market." Most lawyers agree that the key to a big verdict is dedication to the client's cause.
February 03, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Jacques Parenteau is not surprised anymore when lawyers greet him with looks of bewilderment following his seminars on higher education tenure law.
“I have people coming up to me saying they find [the law] interesting but that it’s so esoteric,” he says with a chuckle. “They don’t understand it.”
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