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On the recordMarch 11, 2014
Following Katrina, we had many, many lawyers whose homes were destroyed, whose offices were destroyed.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina on lawyers and their professional lives.

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