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The gofer goes it alone.(Focus: Law)(Daniel Austin)(Brief article)(Column)
Crain's Chicago Business, November, 2006
I needed a job to pay for school while I was studying economics at Loyola University and I heard about a group of solo practitioners who needed a gofer. When I started working there, they said, "Dan, we're going to teach you law the old-fashioned way. Here's 10 bucks, go buy us lunch.'' Then one would give me a brief and say, "Read this and tell me what you think.'' Then it was computer research.
My first year as a lawyer, I got a referral on a partnership dispute case from Mike Hayes, a former Illinois deputy attorney general. I went to high school with his sons. Soon I started generating business doing commercial litigation. It sounds corny, but I get a lot of work through my Fenwick High School alumni connections. I get calls from guys I knew on the...
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