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the background and experience that’s
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specifically prepared me for this area
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of practice
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is my work early in my career for the
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attorney general’s office here in
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florida
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i worked in the consumer fraud division
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i pursued
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matters involving consumer fraud against
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ponzi schemers telemarketers and others
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under florida’s deceptive and unfair
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trade practices act
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and that experience was critical
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in my later becoming a defense attorney
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i was in court
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often handling very complex cases
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paper-intensive cases and i got a lot of
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experience in a short time
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working for the government i also had
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the opportunity there to
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participate in rulemaking and proposing
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legislation and
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one example is a co-worker and i
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drafted a proposal and then later a bill
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a proposed bill
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which became florida’s telemarketing act
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a law that i
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now deal with
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routinely on behalf of clients so
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working at the attorney general’s office
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really
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taught me a lot was critical in learning
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the
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the unusual protocol
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the vernacular in this business and
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it served me very well when i became a
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private lawyer
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and when i did leave the attorney
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general’s office
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it was very clear to me that uh in the
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private
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in private practice there were very few
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practitioners
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that were familiar with
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this area of practice and so when i left
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the attorney general’s
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office i decided that i would make that
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make that a part of my practice