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What to Do If You Bump Heads with a Bully of a Lawyer

We hear a lot about bullying: at school, and cyber-bullying over the internet.

But bullying -- any use of force, coercion or threat that is intended to intimidate -- isn't just confined to the playground. The adult world has its share of bullies, too. "Especially lawyers, who can be very good at being very bad," according to the nation's leading expert on bullying in the legal profession, Philadelphia attorney Fran Griesing.

In a moment I'll tell you about "Jamie," a reader who had a ringside seat to the

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