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1 online resource (xi, 283 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Contents |
What is a trial lawyer? -- A shaky start -- Movin' up -- I want to be a lawyer -- Five good years -- Into the maelstrom -- A bad case of accident -- The malicious tow bar -- A supportive family -- Breaking away -- Love, marriage, and fraud -- Growing pains -- The great tobacco case -- Retirement and beyond. |
Summary |
In Strong Advocate, Thomas Strong, one of the most successful trial lawyers in Missouri's history, chronicles his adventures as a contemporary personal injury attorney. Though the profession is held in low esteem by the general public, Strong entered the field with the right motives: to help victims who have been injured by defective products or through the negligence of others. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Strong, Thomas, 1931-
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Strong, Thomas, 1931- |
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Strong, Thomas, 1931- |
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Lawyers -- Missouri -- Biography.
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Lawyers. |
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Missouri. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Personal injury lawyers -- Biography.
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Personal injury lawyers. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Strong, Thomas, 1931- Strong advocate. Columbia, Mo. ; London : University of Missouri Press, ©2012 9780826219978 |
ISBN |
0826272967 (electronic book) |
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9780826272966 (electronic book) |
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9780826219978 |
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0826219977 |
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