| Best moment of career: |
| Each time I receive a message from a client praising the work of one of our lawyers or staff. |
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| Worst moment of career: |
| The untimely death of my best friend and our firm's then managing partner, Ed Gregorian, in 1991. |
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| Attorney you most admire: |
| Atticus Finch |
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| Favorite activities (besides the Law): |
| Spending time with family, travel, hiking, skiing and golf. |
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| Favorite Sports Team (if you have one), or Favorite Theater or Museum, etc: |
| My wife and I have been season subsribers to TheatreWorks for over 25 years and to the San Jose Sharks for 15 years. |
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| What is your proudest accomplishment on behalf of your firm: |
| Being named to Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Places to Work four years in a row, ranking as high as #7 |
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| If there is one thing you could do over as managing partner/chairperson, what is it? |
| I would have pinched myself during the Internet bubble of 1999. |
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| Is there anything - an individual, a double espresso, a good 4:30 a.m. workout - you consider essential to your success? |
| My assistant of 28 years, Barbara Barron. |
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