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Robert Silver

Robert Silver is a partner at Boies, Schiller, & Flexner.

articles/2009/02/17/an-argument-against-legal-extremism/howard-legal-extremism-lawsuits_14409_f1ueqe

An Argument Against Legal Extremism

Howard has reasonable ideas for reform. But it isn’t realistic to portray the present system as a fall from grace, because there never was a legal Eden in this country.

Eric Posner

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