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Quote
of
the
Day.
I
felt
Big
Law
had
become
too
big,
too
woke,
and
a
lot
of
the
values
that
were
important
to
me
during
my
career
in
Washington—the
values
that
were
in
law
firms,
the
collegiality,
the
focus
on
the
interests
of
the
client—I
thought
it
would
be
good
to
try
to
recapture
some
of
those
values.
—
Former
U.S.
Attorney
General
Bill
Barr,
offering
commentary
to
the
Daily
Business
Review
on
why
he
left
Biglaw
behind
to
start
his
own
firm
after
serving
as
AG
for
Presidents
George
H.W.
Bush
and
Donald
J.
Trump,
during
last
week’s
Government
Investigations
&
Civil
Litigation
Institute
conference
in
Florida.
“We
don’t
have
a
game
plan
like,
‘Oh,
we’re
going
to
create
a
big,
national
firm.’
Nor
do
we
have
a
game
plan
to
stay
a
minimalist
boutique,”
Barr
said
of
his
firm,
Torridon
Law
Group.
“We’re
going
to
follow
opportunities
when
they
present
themselves.
If
someone
I
believe
is
really
good
and
would
be
a
great
partner,
…
we’ll
try
to
grow
and
bring
them
into
the
firm.”
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Zaretsky is
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