10 BLEEDING DODGER
BLUE
Recent Texas transplant Victoria Cook has
already made a splash in the McCourt
divorce case.
BY JOE MULLICH
14 CONTROLLED RISK
Construction lawyer Jay Freedman keeps
things steady during the real estate crisis.
BY KELLIE SCHMITT
DEPARTMENTS
6 WORD FOR WORD
Adriana Vesci, Reza Torkzadeh and Scott
Shaw on the best advice they’ve received.
AS TOLD TO ERIK LUNDEGAARD
8 BRIEFS
Interviews with Christiane Cargill Kinney,
Kelly Chang Rickert and Perry Smith.
BY BETSY GRACA & ADRIENNE SCHOFHAUSER
16 Q&A: FEARLESS
Sara Azari fled Khomeini-era Iran,
practiced law in Rio and defends the worst
of the worst.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AND EDITED BY
ERIK LUNDEGAARD
THE ANNUAL LIST
21 SELECTION PROCESS
22 LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
25 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
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(COOK); DUS TIN SNIPES (FREEDMAN, AZARI)
