Word: storefront
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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William O. ("Bud") Bradley, 46, and John Squire Drendel, 47, think of themselves rather expansively as "storefront lawyers who make money." They set up their partnership in 1958 in a converted Reno garage, carefully chosen to avoid intimidating the frequently poor and scruffy clients they wanted to represent. They further decided to take "only the cases where there is a serious injury and clear negligence." Apparent translation: cases that promise large damage awards. In each of the past five years, the duo has grossed more than $2,000,000 in damages for relatively few clients. For the very biggest cases...
...want to crash people at the storefront either because it really interferes with our counseling work. On the other hand, we can't just not put them up at all," he said. "If you're having a really heavy discussion with a kid you can't just bounce him in the street...
...organization, founded last Spring, rented the Iroquois Club on Mt. Auburn St. for the summer and used it as a hostel where transients could crash free. The group also opened a storefront at 9 Mt. Auburn St. where it operated a medical, legal, and psychiatric referral service, a drug counseling service, and a telephone switchboard for people seeking help...
With the opening of school, however, the Iroquois reclaimed its building, and transients and runaways began coming to the storefront seeking a place to sleep...
...article by Judy Smith, who works at the Sanctuary storefront, appears on page...