You can hate the ranking game, but be a player 
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Published: October 8, 2012
Tags: Legal Marketing
Legal rankings often elicit strong reactions from attorneys. I had a lawyer tell me he planned to call one publication to tell it to remove his name from the list, and another said she was embarrassed because she was unranked.
Are rankings a meaningless game, or can placement in legal directories help attorneys win new business? ...
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