Acknowledgments

• Author: Bradford P. Lyerla
• Pages: viii-viii

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge and thank the partners of their

respective law firms. Writing a book like this is a big commitment. It takes

a lot of time, and some of that time unavoidably takes away from other

matters. We want to thank our partners for supporting our effort. That

support took many forms, but an important one is that other deadlines

have been extended and an occasional tardy deadline has been forgiven.

This book would not have been possible without such forbearance from our

colleagues. We believe that an effort such as ours in writing this book is for

the greater good and, in the end, when the scores are tallied, the benefit

from our time and effort in writing this book will more than outweigh the

costs of the occasional distraction that writing has caused us. Happily,

those we practice law with seem to see it in the same way that we do. So

a sincere “thank you” to our partners and colleagues.

Also, Kevin wishes to thank Andrea Orth, Nicole Grimm, and Daniel

Organ for legal research supporting Chapter 4, and Nicole Grimm and

Daniel Organ for legal research supporting Chapter 5. For myself, I want

to thank Shaun Van Horn for his cheerful acceptance of a number of

thankless tasks relating to all of the chapters in material ways. He has

been a joy to work with. And finally, for all of us, we want to thank Ed

Roney, our managing editor. This book was Ed’s idea, and his organiza-

tional skills and tireless efforts made it happen.

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