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September 08, 2006
I've been everywhere, man...but nothing trumps DC.
“Law is the ultimate backstage pass.”
– John Milton/Satan (L’Associé du Diable)
I haven't been out of the United States since late June. And since Sunday it's been Los Angeles, San Diego, Pittsburgh, NYC and a quick trip to Bergin County, NJ. I'm tired--but the work I'm doing is fun. And tonight I'm gushing but torn, like a guy who just ran into that beloved ex-girlfriend he inexplicably didn't marry, and will never get out of his head.
I'm in my birthplace, training ground and favorite US city, Washington, DC, where lawyers re-wrote the book on what lawyers really are and can do. Here we more than just litigators, deal-doers, drafters, agents, fixers, politicians, lobbyists, liars and K Street pimps. A good, broad-gauged "Washington lawyer", regardless of speciality, is a thinker, doer, creator, planner, problem-solver, consiligere and true trusted advisor. His firm is not just a shop, but a laboratory for new ideas.
You won't meet better lawyers. Or people. The city itself has energy and personality, and is a vast library of people resources. Talented and feisty folks choose to move to Washington, DC; they are not "stuck" here, or here by default. So I gush a bit. I'm grateful I lived here for the first 12 years of my career, and can keep coming back to work.
Posted by JD Hull at September 8, 2006 10:21 AM