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Mike Quigley: The demand currently, what I said when we talked to some of your colleagues the other day was that a downturn in the…

On the recordMarch 13, 2013
The demand currently, what I said when we talked to some of your colleagues the other day was that a downturn in the economy tends to have an uptick in people who need to have someone appointed, because they do not have the resources.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois

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Quigley discusses the impact of economic downturns on the need for legal representation.

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