After graduating from Harvard Law School, Gorelick spent 18 years in the private law practice representing major U.S. companies.

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Once the kids began school, he reopened his private law practice part-time, taking only those cases that truly interested him.

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In 2005 the dean of Stanford University's law school, going into private practice, failed it on her first try.

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As one component of the new strategy, U.S. law-enforcement and intelligence agencies will work more closely with the private sector to school them in counterspying and provide warnings about emerging corporate- espionage threats.

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As one component of the new strategy, U.S. law-enforcement and intelligence agencies will work more closely with the private sector to school them in counterspying and provide warnings about emerging corporate espionage threats.

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