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Making Choices

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ABA Journal - Law News Now Learning the Hard Way Michael Burke lost his freedom and his license to practice. But along the way, he learned some important truths about himself and the law. He?s not alone.http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/learning_the_hard_way/It was 1987, and Florida lawyer Howard L. Finkelstein was living the life. Howard Finkelstein.Photo by Michael Dehoog A charismatic and successful criminal defense lawyer, he had nice cars and big homes, and he could be seen at all the right restaurants and parties. Finkelstein?s wife was even pregnant with their first child. Then, on his way home from happy hour one night, he hit a parked car?a police car. Not only was he not sober, but police found cocaine and prescription pills in his Cadillac...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on April 28, 2008 (boomark / email).