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This week, we heard from Kevin Homiak, of counsel and pro bono committee co-chair at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell. Homiak “represents sophisticated clients in complex commercial litigation and professional liability defense.” Read more about his practice and experience in his online biography.
Question 1
If you could choose to master a musical instrument that you don’t already know how to play, which one would it be and why?
A: My dad was a pianist and played Mozart’s “Turkish March” on Detroit Public TV. I took piano lessons as a kid, but it didn’t stick. I wish I could go back and master the piano.
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A: I really enjoyed “Better Call Saul” because I grew up in Albuquerque and used to run my own law firm like the main character, Saul Goodman. My solo practice was much less colorful than Saul’s (for instance, I never pretended to be a couple hundred people from a small town in Louisiana to get a client out of criminal charges), but I sympathized with his character having to make ends meet while running his firm out of a closet in the back of a nail salon.