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  • Virginia Lawyer Magazine - April 2005

Virginia Lawyer Magazine - April 2005

Vol. 53/No. 9

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Features

Senior Lawyers Conference

What Is A Senior Lawyer?
by William B. Smith

Service to Senior Citizens: The Senior Citizens Handbook
by Richard Cocke

The Tax Lawyer's Role in the Way the American Tax
System Works
by Mortimer M. Caplin

Civility And Professionalism: A Modest Proposal
by Frank Overton Brown Jr.

Assisted Living Facilities in Virginia
by William T. Wilson and Jack W. Burtch Jr.

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President's Message

Reflections: The Honorable Robert R. Merhige Jr.

Young Lawyers Conference

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Merhige photo courtesy of Marguerite Rice Ruby

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