But What About Clients?
My old buddy, co-author, of-counsel, fellow blawger at What About Clients? and muse, Dan Hull, is hanging up his disco shoes.
Labor of Love Ended. We'll soon do a parting post about our 7.5 years. We can't tell you how much the blog and our readership meant to us. It permitted us the honor to meet in the flesh—here and abroad—some vibrant and inspirational people, and to trade ideas about getting life and work right. Je vous remercie de tout cœur.
Erudite and urbane, intolerant of the stupid, the lazy, the cowardly, and occasionally wild, the blawgsophere will be much poorer for his absence. Having coined the phrase "slackoisie," and drilled into our minds "ease of use" as a mantra for dealing with clients, Dan has done his job well.
Will there ever be another blawger to remind us so well of "sensitive litigation moments," or that the only reason lawyers exist is to serve our clients? Maybe, but not as well or as boldly as Dan Hull.
And What About Paris?
Thanks, sir. Crisp and eloquent. Plus you always knew what WAC/P was really about.
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It pains me to ask, but does your decision have anything to do with the tragic kiln explosion in '64?
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Yes. Losing my looks, autographed copy of On The Road and girlfriend Fawn in the same accident one spring break at Vassar made me bitter for many years. Finally caught up with me.
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I object!
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Dan's retirement of the WAC blog is a huge loss for the legal blogosphere. I started reading WAC when I was a prosecutor. At first, I didn't get him. I thought he was some sort of curmudgeon. So I'll admit it. I was a bit dismissive of his 12 annoying rules of client service. This was a guy, I thought, who is on the wrong side of history. After all, he wasn't preaching the virtues of work-life balance. But, his ideas have resonated with me all the more now that I've hung my own shingle. I will miss his thoughts on client service, and his reverence for lucid writing, literature, and the classics. What a great 7 year run. He's leaving while he's on top of his game.
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This is not goodbye, this is see you later, Dan Hull. Thank you for the wisdom, and the wiseguy snarks. ;]
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