Chilling Effect (31 page)

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ing author of more than half a dozen nov-

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els, including the legal thrillers
Irreparable

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Harm
,
Inadvertent Disclosure
,
Irretrievably

Broken
, and
Critical Vulnerability
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a commercial litigator who has practiced

in the offi ces of international law fi rms

in Pittsburgh and Washington, DC.

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She and her husband now practice law

together in their two-person fi rm in south central Pennsylvania, where they live with their three children.