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Obituaries

Dec. 23, 2019

‘Tree planter’ built for the future at Morrison Foerster LLP

Marshall Small cared about the future, agreed those who worked with him. Not his future, they said, but the future of those who came after him.

Marshall Small cared about the future, agreed those who worked with him. Not his future, they said, but the future of those who came after him.

Morrison & Foerster LLP managing partner Craig Martin recollected a meeting in which Small likened the firm's partners to "tree planters." Martin said he and others still talk about it from time to time.

"He said that when you plant a tree, it's a sel...

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