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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Prologue: What a Party! 1
5. Foundations
6. 1 The Handshake: Creating a New Law Fir 5
7. 2 Building a Law Firm: The First Decade in Montreal 16
8. 3 The Game Changer: Pierre Trudeau Comes on Board 26
9. 4 “A Diferent Kind of Law Firm”: Creating a Unique Culture 34
10. 5 On the Verge: A Law Firm Seeking to Go Where? 44
11. 6 Launching Toronto: Moving to the Centre of the Universe 54
12. 7 Joe Groia: An Outsider among Outsiders 64
13. 8 Toronto in the 1990s: Building an Office, Building a Brand 74
14. 9 The Culture Crystallizes: “A Kinder, Gentler Law Firm” 83
15. 10 Not Torys? Struggling to Define an Identity and a Vision 93
16. Erosion
17. 11 The Donaldson Interlude: Everyone Deserves a Second Chance 105
18. 12 The Lure of Growth: Becoming a National Law Firm 115
19. 13 The Critical Years: 1993-98 125
20. 14 The New Millennium: The Culture Begins to Fray 133
21. 15 A “Hotel for Lawyers”: Law Firm Partnerships 144
22. 16 “A Family Business”: Governance and Management 152
23. 17 Bigger than the Firm: Marcel Aubut 163
24. 18 The Persistence of White Male Power: Women and Diversity in Big Law 174
25. 19 The End of the Decade: End of the Dream 187
26. Collapse
27. 20 The Money Wells Dry Up: Castor Holdings and Atomic Energy 199
28. 21 We’ll Always Have Paris: International Follies 209
29. 22 Lawyers, Guns, and Money: African Misadventures 218
30. 23 Double Trouble: Botched Succession 229
31. 24 Quicksand and Crisis: Cofee and Kleenex 239
32. 25 Implosion: The Final Weeks 252
33. 26 Cleaning Up: When a Law Firm Fails 261
34. Conclusion 272
35. Acknowledgments 279
36. Notes 282
37. Selected Bibliography 350
38. Index 355