When I first moved to Japan to practice law I worked at ALO. The managing partner gave me a pop fly. Or so I thought. The pop fly was Mr. Dove, a jazz player visiting The Eastern Capital, where Mr. D & I struck up a casual conversation in 2001. A few months later some buildings went boom.
When Mr. Lennon was arrested for marijuana possession in Japan, ALO, and a horde of other law firms passed on his representation. Japanese firms are notoriously circumspect. A prospective client looking for a firm to represent xem requires an introduction from a current client of
I took my prospective representation of Mr. Dove to the managing partner. He and his underlings dismissed me with more than a few chuckles.
