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                <title><![CDATA[Kind Words from a Friend and Fellow Lawyer, Tom Spiggle, On Starting My New Firm]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[<p>Clay Hodges “knows both the law, and, perhaps more important, people. He can read a room like no other.”</p>
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<p>I have known Clay for (gulp) almost 25 years. We started together at Tharrington Smith, bright eyed and bushy tailed.</p>



<p>Since then we’ve worked on a number of cases together. I often call on Clay when I need North Carolina counsel.</p>



<p>Clay knows both the law, and, perhaps more important, people. He can read a room like no other.</p>



<p>Clay is also a fantastic writer, which makes me hate him just a little bit because I can’t match him. Be on the lookout for his forthcoming work of fiction.</p>



<p>Though I still get some solace when he tells the story of his first foray into legal writing. You should ask him about it.</p>



<p>In any event, this is fantastic news. If you’ve got a litigation matter in North Carolina, you’d be lucky to have Clay on your side.</p>



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<p>Thank you <a href="https://spigglelaw.com/">Tom</a>. And by the way, if you want to learn more about my awkward first effort at legal writing, you can read about it here:</p>



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