Lawyer celebrates 50 years as partner at Minter Ellison

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• Growing up, he didn’t know what a lawyer was. Now he’s celebrating 50 years as a partner [The Age paywall]

  “A shout-out to media lawyer Peter Llewellyn Bartlett, who is celebrating 50 years as a partner in legal firm MinterEllison”
   

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