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Real Estate Downturn Causes Lawyers to Adapt

Now faced with such a dramatic and sudden change, real estate attorneys are left wondering what to do. The transactional practice that was so good to so many for so long is no longer there. A look at how these attorneys can redirect the focus of their practices to adapt to the changing times.

22 minute read March 27, 2009 at 02:46 PM
By
David P. Barker
Real Estate Downturn Causes Lawyers to Adapt

Our country's prolonged financial crisis and relentless recession that began in 2006, became acute in late 2007, and continues to the present day, has hit real estate in unprecedented ways.

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