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Trial Bar Shifts Its Weight Firmly Behind Obama

Despite the Absence of Edwards This Year, Lawyers Still Pack Plenty of Political Punch

By Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff
Aug. 28, 2008, Midnight

The trial bar might not have the ballast of fellow lawyer and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) on the podium this convention go-round, but they are still a powerful force for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.).

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