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Born in Madrid, Julio Iglesias was a professional soccer player with Real Madrid and was a law student until a car accident left him paralyzed. While recuperating he taught himself the guitar and discovered his talent for music. In 1968 he won the Benidorm Festival with a song he composed himself, “La vida sigue igual.” That was enough to propel him into the music industry after he signed with Discos Columbia records and has gone on to sell more than 300 million albums in fourteen languages.
However he was eventually able to complete his law degree in 2001, notwithstanding his global music success.
- Amal Clooney, the Muslim Brotherhood, and a Viral Misread
Did Amal Clooney Really Work for the Muslim Brotherhood? A throwaway line on a US chat show has been doing the rounds online, repackaged into a… Read more: Amal Clooney, the Muslim Brotherhood, and a Viral Misread - Squire Patton Recruite Foley & Lardner Restructuing & Insolvency Leader
Squire Patton Boggs announced an expansion of its Restructuring & Insolvency Practice with the addition of partner Katie Catanese. Ms. Catanese joins from Foley & Lardner,… Read more: Squire Patton Recruite Foley & Lardner Restructuing & Insolvency Leader - Paul Weiss Recruit Three Sidley Austin Partners in Finance Sector
Paul Weiss has added to its New York finance practice by hiring three finance partners from Sidley Austin. He has advised on financing transactions ranging from… Read more: Paul Weiss Recruit Three Sidley Austin Partners in Finance Sector - Tragic Death in New Zealand of Talented DC Lawyer
Kellam Conover, 44, the Washington DC-based lawyer who tragedly died this week climbing Mount Cook in New Zealand’s South Island, was a talented appellate lawyer and… Read more: Tragic Death in New Zealand of Talented DC Lawyer - What Reddit BigLaw Readers Are Really Worried About
The r/biglaw trends worrying lawyers Norma Harris Law firms love glossy annual reports full of “strategic realignments,” “market headwinds,” and whatever other euphemism the managing partner’s… Read more: What Reddit BigLaw Readers Are Really Worried About - Judge’s ‘Sackable’ Test Goes Nowhere, And The Northern Club Ghost Still Looms
Judges Gone Wild, Part IV The Judicial Conduct Panel has swatted away District Court Judge Ema Aitken’s latest bid to pin down a tidy legal threshold… Read more: Judge’s ‘Sackable’ Test Goes Nowhere, And The Northern Club Ghost Still Looms
