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Practicing Law in the Age of Pandemic

Fun fact: There was no class on pandemics in law school. Sure, we briefly joked about the power that Governors and Presidents COULD exert in case of an emergency but it was mostly in the context of nuclear war and talking about how a Secretary of Commerce could become President (yes, this was way before Designated Survivor). And yet this week, my fellow lawyers and I have been fielding calls that would’ve seemed absolutely crazy a few weeks ago. The weird thing is that I’ve been driving a few of my friends, family and colleagues a little crazy with my predictions for over a month that we were headed here. I got designated a COVID-19 “expert” (no certificate required!) early on and frankly, I think they were humoring me. How DO you practice law in a pandemic? In answering that I’m reminded of a joke about how you tell the difference between a male and female bear? Very carefully. Over the course of this week in particular, I’ve had several conference c...