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Richard Emmet, 82, lawyer, influential advocate for environment
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At an age when retirement beckons, Richard Emmet stepped into a
third career and helped change the course of environmental law in
Massachusetts.
Fresh from Harvard Law School in 1951, he had worked for Ropes &
Gray in Boston, only to find that helping large companies reduce
their tax burdens wasn't satisfying. Then he spent more than a
quarter century at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, where he was revered
for his teaching at the private school and was feared for his
grading.
"I was...
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