Bill Stevens graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1970 and went to work for Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan aiming to be a tax lawyer. He found real estate to be more satisfying, and he went on to a long career in representing clients lending money for real estate projects and other clients purchasing completed projects. He helped start a predecessor firm to what is now Dentons, pioneered “conduit lending,” a capital source for real estate projects.

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