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Mark Thompson
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
University of Iowa
Mark Thompson practices criminal defense law in Iowa City and the surrounding areas in Eastern Iowa. He has been operating his own firm, practicing in criminal law, since 2005.
He has represented clients in over 2,000 criminal cases, with a majority of these cases being OWI / DUI.
Mark has also handled contract defense cases for the Iowa State Public Defender, served as defense counsel for the Johnson County Drug Treatment Court, and served as a Judicial Magistrate.
Now he focuses solely on his private criminal law practice.
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Craig Nierman
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 25 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
University of Iowa College of Law and University of California - Davis
Craig Nierman mediates and arbitrates complex insurance, tort, and healthcare claims.
His quarter-century of litigation experience includes representing plaintiffs and defendants—including hospitals, individuals and families, insurers, domestic and international businesses, as well as government entities—in jury trials, appeals, and arbitrations.
His insurance experience includes:
First party claims;
Third party cases;
Extracontractual damages;
Agent/broker errors and omissions;
ERISA;
Subrogation; and
Carrier/producer disputes.
His health law practice has involved complex reimbursement and revenue cycle issues (e.g., experimental, medical necessity, and exclusion questions), medical malpractice and devices, primary and secondary payor conflicts, provider contracts, and HIPAA compliance.
He previously taught Insurance Law as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law....
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George B. Jones
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
University of Denver
Attorney George B. Jones is the founder and owner of the The Law Office of George B. Jones, PLLC, in Lamoni, Iowa. A top-rated, award-winning trial lawyer with more than 35 years of legal experience, Mr. Jones devotes his practice primarily to personal injury, including car wrecks, trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, work injuries, medical negligence, wrongful death, slip and fall, and other injury cases. During his extensive career he has tried hundreds of cases, and taught law courses at Graceland University, and trained prosecutors, judges and attorneys in trial practice techniques.
No matter the issues his clients are facing or how...
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Shawn Fitzgerald
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Criminal Defense
University of Illinois - Chicago John Marshall Law School
At Johnston, Stannard, Klesner, Burbidge & Fitzgerald, P.L.C., our Iowa City criminal defense attorneys have more than 50 years of combined experience providing our community with excellent legal advocacy in criminal law. We’re thoughtful, skilled and resourceful legal professionals prepared to fight for your rights and protect your best interests wherever your case may take you.
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Jessica Malott
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Immigration
Drake University Law School
Jessica Malott is the owner and managing partner of Malott Law, PLC, and practices primarily in immigration. Jessica earned her Juris Doctor, with honors, in 2006 from Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa. During law school, she worked as an intern at the Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) and was Editor-in-Chief of the Drake Law Review. Since graduating, Jessica has worked as a law clerk, federal government attorney, law school career advisor, and private practice attorney.
In her current practice, she focuses primarily on removal defense in Immigration Court and family-based immigration; however, she also takes an assortment...
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Gary J. Schmit
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
University of Iowa College of Law
Gary has been working with individuals and families to help with their estate and tax planning for almost thirty years. He has a robust tax practice, preparing both individual and fiduciary returns. With this background, he also advises his clients on their estate planning, bringing his areas of expertise together to draft comprehensive plans that accomplish their goals. Gary also facilitates trust and estate administration, and so further helps families carry out their plans. In his career, Gary has worked with multiple generations, providing guidance and counsel on issues relating to finances, taxes, wealth transfer, and almost everything in between.
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Michael Thompson
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 23 years of experience
332 S. Linn St., Suite 28
Iowa City, IA 52240
Bankruptcy, Business and Securities
University of Iowa
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Thomas Deacon Steven Farnsworth
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationCannabis Law, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
University of Iowa
Thomas D. S. Farnsworth was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. Thomas received a Bachelor of Business Administration, in Finance, from the University of Iowa and the Henry B. Tippie College of Business. During Thomas' undergraduate experience he clerked at a local law firm and worked as a pretrial interviewer for the Sixth Judicial District of Iowa. In 2004 Thomas began the accelerated program in at the University of Iowa College of Law and graduated in December of 2006. While in law school Thomas was licensed by the Iowa Supreme Court to work as a prosecuting legal intern. Thomas...
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Dean D. Carrington
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Estate Planning and Tax
University of Iowa College of Law
Dean grew up on a grain and livestock farm near Iowa City, passed the Certified Public Accountant exam, and focuses on pre-death estate planning and post-death trust/estate administration. His practice includes (i) establishing revocable (living) trusts to avoid probate and facilitate privacy, (ii) creating wills, trusts and retirement-account beneficiary designations with customized provisions to accomplish family-specific goals, such as delaying inheritances for immature beneficiaries, (iii) implementing powers of attorney for finances and for healthcare/medical directives (living wills), and (iv) administering probate estates and trusts and filing the necessary tax returns.
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Thomas H. Gelman
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Health Care and Tax
University of Iowa College of Law
Tom was born and raised in Iowa City. He received his BA degree from Harvard University in 1975 and then returned home to attend the University of Iowa College of Law. After completing law school in 1978, Tom joined the law firm where he has been a partner since 1983. Tom represents individuals, businesses and tax-exempt organizations on a variety of legal matters principally in areas of business and transactional law, including contracts, real estate, business and non-profit entities, estate and gift planning, administration of trusts and estates, healthcare, and charitable foundations. In addition to his legal practice, Tom has...
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Jessica T. Glick
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 17 years of experience
Health Care and Medical Malpractice
University of Iowa College of Law
Jessica maintains a civil litigation and trial law practice dedicated to defending hospitals and medical professionals. She also represents licensed health care professionals and medical institutions in connection with administrative investigations and complaints. Jessica has extensive trial experience having done more than two dozen criminal and civil jury trials. She has also handled criminal and civil appeals to the Iowa Court of Appeals and the Iowa Supreme Court.
Jessica was born and raised in Iowa City. She attended the University of Oklahoma for her undergraduate studies and then returned to Iowa for law school. After receiving her JD, Jessica practiced for...
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William N. Toomey
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 19 years of experience
Business, Construction, Personal Injury and Real Estate
University of Iowa College of Law
Will was born in raised in the Iowa City area and obtained his undergraduate degrees and his law degree from the University of Iowa. He was admitted to the practice of law in Iowa in 2005 and has successfully argued cases before the Iowa Court of Appeals and the Iowa Supreme Court. He is also admitted to practice in all federal courts in Iowa. His diverse practice includes business litigation, real estate litigation, personal injury and wrongful death litigation, divorce and child custody litigation, landlord-tenant law, business formation and acquisition, and representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
Will lives in Iowa City...
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Richard M. Tucker
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Health Care and Medical Malpractice
University of Iowa College of Law
Dick was admitted to the practice of law in Iowa in 1975. He has spent the last 40 years as a trial lawyer focused on representing health care professionals and institutions in medical malpractice litigation and regulatory proceedings. He has also successfully argued cases before the Iowa Court of Appeals and the Iowa Supreme Court. In recognition of his skills as a trial lawyer and the respect he has among lawyers on both sides of lawsuits, Dick has been elected by his peers to membership in the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Dick was...
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Bruce L. Walker
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 52 years of experience
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Iowa College of Law
Bruce is proud to have actively participated in a wide range of professional and volunteer groups throughout his career, including The American College of Trial Lawyers (State Committee), Iowa Defense Counsel (President), Defense Update Magazine (Board of Editors), American Board of Trial Advocates (member), and The Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (Midwest Regional Membership Chair & Board of Directors). Bruce is a past president of the Iowa State Bar Association and continues to serve on the administrative committee. He is also a member of the Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission and serves as the chair of the Language Access...
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Carolyn R. Wallace
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 11 years of experience
Business, Health Care, Medical Malpractice and Real Estate
University of Iowa College of Law
Carolyn (“Dazi”) Russell Wallace was born and raised in Iowa City. She left to attend college in North Carolina, returned to Iowa City for law school, and began practicing at the firm in October 2013.
Carolyn maintains a general law practice that includes both transactional and litigation components. On the transactional side, Carolyn assists clients with estate planning, real estate matters, reviewing and negotiating contracts, and other general transactional issues. Carolyn’s litigation practice focuses on defending physicians in medical malpractice cases. Carolyn particularly enjoys legal research and writing, and she routinely assists clients with appellate matters.
In her free time, Carolyn likes...
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Pope S. Yamada
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 21 years of experience
Business, Health Care and Medical Malpractice
University of Iowa College of Law
Pope grew up in Iowa City and, after attending college at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and working in the technology industry in San Francisco, California, returned to Iowa to pursue a career in law. After graduating with his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2003, he started his legal practice at Phelan Tucker Law Offices, where he continues his successful litigation practice. He primarily practices in the field of medical malpractice defense, health care law and represents the interests of healthcare professionals. He is admitted to practice in the State of Iowa and is a...
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Adam Pollack
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense and DUI & DWI
University of Iowa
As a licensed attorney in both Iowa and California, Adam Pollack has been practicing law since 1998. As a former prosecutor for Johnson County (Iowa City area), Adam Pollack has an experienced and nuanced view regarding the complexities of the criminal justice system. Pollack has practiced criminal defense in Iowa for over a decade.
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Derek Hong
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 17 years of experience
Bankruptcy
University of Iowa
Derek Hong is a founding partner of Hong Law, PLC. At Hong Law, PLC, the attorneys are dedicated in providing bankruptcy litigation. Derek attended the University of Iowa, where he received his J.D. Whether you are looking for assistance with the Means Test or debt negotiations, the attorneys at Hong Law, PLC know what it takes to get you through this challenging time. Contact us today at (319) 632-1400 to speak to a member of our team.
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John E. Beasley
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Criminal Defense, Family and Real Estate
University of Iowa College of Law
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Ryan Prahm
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Health Care and Real Estate
University of Iowa
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Dai Gwilliam
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Family
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Thomas Williams
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Business, Employment and Personal Injury
University of Iowa College of Law
Thomas Williams has spent most of his adult life in and around Iowa. A graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, Thomas spent several years working in a management development program for a company in the Quad Cities providing services to businesses across Eastern Iowa. After graduating with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law, Thomas practiced corporate litigation in the State of Delaware, primarily focused on claims related to director and officer duties to shareholders and the corporation. He and his wife later returned to the Iowa City area where Thomas spent several years practicing transactional...
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J. Nicholas Russo
Johnson County, IA Lawyer
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Nick has tried over 100 contested cases to conclusion and has been recognized for his legal skill and professional achievement. Nick is a fellow of the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers which is open to membership for only 225 of the over 20,000 lawyers in Iowa. Membership is by appointment only. Nick is also Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. To obtain certification, the lawyer must pass a difficult examination, have demonstrated the requisite ski in your field to the examiners' satisfaction, have a clean ethical record, submit samples of your legal writing and submit recommendations from...
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Dell A. Richard
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 49 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
University of Iowa
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John Alan Hathaway
Johnson County, IA Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Criminal Defense and Immigration
John Hathaway is an immigration and criminal defense attorney. He graduated from University of Iowa Law School, with distinction, in 2016. He initially worked at the immigration and criminal defense firm, Kasaby and Nichols, LLC, in Omaha Nebraska, then returned to Iowa City, Iowa to practice at Vondra & Malott, PLC, and now Malott Law, PLC. He practices before state district and appellate courts in Iowa, the Norther Federal District of Iowa, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, various immigration courts, USCIS, and the Board of Immigration Appeals. His focuses in removal defense, criminal defense, affirmative...
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Mindi Vervaecke
Linn County, IA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of Iowa College of Law
Mindi Vervaecke is an Attorney at Law for Wertz Law Firm, P.C. Her practice focuses on Workers' Compensation. Mindi joined the firm in 2021 and is committed to representing injured workers throughout the state of Iowa.
As a 1996 graduate of the University of Iowa Law School with distinction, Mindi has been a member of the Iowa Association of Justice Workers' Compensation Core Group, Continuing Education Committee, Iowa Supreme Court Nominating Commission.
Mindi currently serves as a member of the Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education, in addition to her memberships with the Iowa Association of Justice and Iowa Association...
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Russell D Nicolet
Linn County, IA Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
William Mitchell College of Law
Russell Nicolet has always been focused on helping people through difficult situations. He became an attorney and has integrated this personal philosophy into his practice so that he could help people through some of the most stressful situations they will face in life.
Russell’s goal in every case is to help his clients get into a better position than where they were prior to contacting him.
Russell has focused his legal practice to the area of Personal Injury in Wisconsin and Minnesota. This focused approach allows him to provide clients with knowledgeable and effective representation while maintaining the...
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Tim Semelroth
Linn County, IA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
University of Iowa
I'm Tim Semelroth. I'm a board-certified trial attorney in Iowa, and I fight for fairness for Iowans who have been injured because of someone else's fault.
My firm handles personal injury and workers' compensation cases, as well as denied Social Security Disability claims and employment law matters.
If you need someone to fight for fairness for you, contact me today.
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Thomas Wertz
Linn County, IA Attorney with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of Tulsa College of Law
Some lawyers dabble in many different areas of the law. Not so for Tom Wertz. Shortly after moving into private practice, he turned his focus to workers' compensation and representing injured workers. Wertz quickly recognized the need for experienced attorneys in this specialized field. His commitment has resulted in a legal practice representing injured workers for more than 35 years.
His record before the Iowa Supreme Court has led to major legal changes on behalf of injured workers. These changes include:
Compensation benefits for tinnitus (ringing in the ears) and acute psychological injuries.
Home medical care for out-of-state injured workers. These workers no...
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Melvin O. Shaw
Johnson County, IA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
University of Iowa
Melvin O. Shaw is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law (2004). He has a Master’s in journalism from the UI, and a B.S. in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Melvin has been a solo practitioner since he opened his law firm in 2006.
Melvin will serve a one-year term as president of the Iowa State Bar Association starting June 2024. He is Chair of the Iowa Judicial Qualifications Commission and has served on the JQC since 2018. Melvin was appointed to the Lawyers Trust Account Commission 2024-2027 under an order of...
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Pressley Henningsen
Linn County, IA Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
University of Iowa
My name is Pressley and I am a trial lawyer. The only thing I am before that is a father of my two sons. I have worked hard to live authentically in all aspects of my life. I always try to grow and learn. This has been true in my lawyering as well as my personal life – they are, in many ways, one in the same – because I am who I am, whether at home, meeting with clients, or in the courtroom.
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Scott A Shoemaker
Linn County, IA Lawyer
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
My name is Scott Shoemaker, and I am your Personal Family Lawyer.
I grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. My youth and young adulthood were spent pursuing my dream of becoming a classical musician. I went so far as to earn degrees in music from Coe College, University of Nebraska, and the University of Iowa. I even spent a few years teaching at a couple of different institutions of high education.
Along the way, I realized my real passion was helping other people bring about their dreams. So I ended up in law school. While I was a student at Nebraska Law,...
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John Hofmeyer IV
Linn County, IA Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Construction
University of Iowa
Growing up I learned how to serve client interests from my father and grandfather, who are both attorneys in northeast Iowa. They taught me to take a hands-on approach to learning and to work hard to understand the underlying causes of a conflict, not just address the immediate problem. I applied that philosophy throughout my academic and professional education by learning the construction industry beginning as a carpenter and then architectural intern at OPN Architects, SOM, and Kahler Slater Architects. After I earned my Bachelors of Architecture from Iowa State University and my Juris Doctorate from the University of Iowa,...
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Jacob Kiel
Linn County, IA Attorney
Divorce and Family
Drake University Law School
Jacob attended Drake University School of Law, obtaining his Juris Doctorate in May 2023. While in law school, his extracurriculars included serving as the Vice President for the St. Jude Club, the Treasurer for the Drake Outdoor Leadership Club, the Philanthropy Chair for Sigma Phi Epsilon, and as a volunteer for Court Appointed Special Advocates. Before pursuing his law degree, Jacob earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Business Management from Drake University in May 2019. Jacob is currently licensed to practice law in the state of Iowa.
Prior to joining the Cedar Rapids, Iowa divorce and family law...
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Christine L. Crilley
Linn County, IA Attorney with 41 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Estate Planning and Family
University of Iowa
CHRISTINE L. CRILLEY is a General Practice Attorney and Collaborative Lawyer with over thirty years of experience in a variety of legal areas such as family law, adoptions, business law, litigation, construction law, probate and wills.
In Addition to her law practice Ms. Crilley is also an accomplished Mediator and Arbitrator as well as a nationally approved Mediation Trainer. She offers basic Mediation training and advance Mediation training as well as Collaborative Law Training, and Parent Coordinator Training. Christine is also a Parenting Coordinator and Parent Coach.
After earning her B.A. degree at the University of Northern Iowa in 1979, Christine...
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Joseph Creen
Scott County, IA Attorney with 49 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Drake University Law School and University of Notre Dame
Joseph C. Creen has over 30 years experience in the practice of law, litigating cases in Iowa and Illinois state and federal courts and advising clients with personal, business and employment matters, real estate matters, individuals and families for estate planning needs and probate. Mr Creen has a varied and extensive trial practice experience, including personal injury, brain injury, product liability, wrongful death, slip and fall, auto cases, catastrophic injury, as well as contract and construction disputes, estate & probate matters, such as Will contest and undue influence, consumer protection, such as wrongful foreclosure or collections, ...
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William K. Gullberg Jr.
Scott County, IA Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Personal Injury
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Bill Gullberg is an experienced litigator in a range of legal matters. In addition to being licensed to practice law in Illinois, Bill is a member of the National College for DUI Defense, the federal district bar of the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, and the federal trial bar of the Northern District of Illinois.
The difference Bill brings to the case is a passion for representing the rights, freedom, and property of his clients. Experience and professionalism is one thing - experience and professionalism with a true passion and focus for achieving a just and...
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David Mahl
Scott County, IA Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Saint Louis University School of Law
Attorney David A. Mahl is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of his clients. As a lawyer practicing in personal injury law, Mr. Mahl works daily on behalf of clients who are often facing some of the most difficult times of their lives.
David A. Mahl understands that the outcome of your case will likely have a significant impact on you and your family. When he chooses to take a case, he does so with an understanding of what is at stake and with a deep sense of commitment to the client he serves.
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