Richard Wilson:  

New Story (July 2008): I left home at age 17 after graduating from high school. My grandmother lived in Portland, Oregon, at the time and knew someone who hired summer work crews. I spent the summer combining peas in Central Washington and north of Seattle. A war vet persuaded me to go back to school so I returned to Illinois for college. Midway I returned to the Great Northwest spending time in Vancouver B.C., San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon. I helped my grandmother move back to Illinois, and that Fall transferred to university. My selective service lottery number was so low that I didn't even look for work when I graduated. Then, suddenly, Viet Nam as winding down and I was free to move on. I hired on at AMF and made good money as a welder and brazer.. I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal and read it cover to cover every morning before reporting for the evening shift at AMF. I saved my money and registered for law school in California. I chose law because the procedures seemed to allow for leveling the playing field. Truth is the law is no better than the people who are administering it. After graduating from USD I relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, which has grown from under 1 million to over 4 million and will soon reach 5 million. I relocated my law practice after airport expansion deva...Expand for more