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Former Lehman Lawyer Uses Company’s Bankruptcy to Launch Practice

by Editors on June 29, 2009

Who said bankruptcy is all bad? There can be a silver lining, as one in-house counsel recently found out:

Lehman Brothers Inc.s bankruptcy last fall was a nightmare for Larry Bortstein, the company’s global head of technology law. But it also presented him with the opportunity to realize a dream. First it spurred the 39-year-old attorney to consider his career options. Then, after he decided that he was ready to start his own law firm, it gave him his first client: the Lehman estate.

via Bouncing Back: Former Lehman Lawyer Uses Companys Bankruptcy to Launch Practice.

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