Solos/Small Firms
Green Achers
Posted Nov 1, 2009, 10:30 pm CST
By Leslie A. Gordon
The January 2009 ad, placed by a local real estate broker in The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, was at once plaintive and blunt:
“We, the people of Sedan, Kan., have a dire need for an attorney. Chautauqua County has one remaining attorney, who is looking forward to retirement.”
The call attracted the attention of G. Thomas Harris, 65, who 18 months earlier had closed his general law practice in Richmond, Mo., 250 miles from Sedan. After taking some time off, which included developing case-management software with his computer programmer son, Harris opened a new law office across the street from Sedan’s courthouse.
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