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In 2008, Scott Ball graduated from USC law school with $190k in student debt and no clear career job prospects.
Criminal defense was, in his mind, “the only area of law that [wasn’t] boring as hell”––but no firms were hiring. For several years, he “tread water” by picking up legal odd jobs, like defending friends’ DUIs.