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Intercreditor Agreements

By Sean Gillen
February 26, 2014

Editor's Note: This is the third article in a series covering various aspects of intercreditor agreements.'

During my third year of law school, I was convinced that litigation was the game for me. Sure, I never had designs of being Clarence Darrow or Gerry Spence (though I cannot deny dreams of an Atticus Finch moment or two). However, I was convinced that my personality and demeanor (“aggressive,” according to the self-analysis we conducted in our Negotiations course) represented a skill set more suited for the courtroom. Following my Trial Advocacy practical course and a couple of litigation projects while clerking for a private firm, I could not run away from the courthouse quickly enough. Transactional practice would be the life for me. I would never have to worry about litigation or its implications from the safety of the ivory transactional tower.

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