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| | Address | | 600 Summer Street | | Stamford, Connecticut 06901 | | (Fairfield Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 203-327-2300 | | Fax: 203-967-9273 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.wrkk.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice in all Courts. Civil and Criminal Litigation, Real Estate, Corporation, Family, Bankruptcy, Taxation, Estate Planning, Personal Injury, Employment and Probate Law. | | Year Established: 1915 | | Firm Size: 20 | Representative Clients:
Allied International Corporation; Boston Land Management, Inc.; J.P. Morgan Chase; Child Care Center of Stamford, Inc.; Dress Barn, Inc.; First County Bank; General Maritime Corp.; The Gibor Charitable Foundation; The Greyrock Companies; The Hartford Provision Co.; Hospice Care, Inc.; Jewish Family Service of Stamford, Inc.; Kent Golf Club; Klaffs, Inc.; The Lapine Foundation; Louis Dreyfus Corp.; MBI Inc.; Norwalk Congregate Homes for the Elderly; Norwalk Federation of Teachers; Patient Care, Inc.; Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates of Stamford, P.C.; Peppers and Rogers Group; Peoples Bank; Pyramid Real Estate & Management Co.; Rippowam Park Associates, L.P.; Samuel Lotstein Realty Co.; Schroeder Real Estate; Stamford Anesthesiology Services, P.C.; Stamford Housing Authority; Stamford Land Conservation Trust, Inc.; Stamford Jewish Community Center; Warehouse Wines & Liquors, Inc. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Abraham Wofsey (1915-1944). | | Michael Wofsey (1927-1951). | | David M. Rosen (1926-1967). | | Julius B. Kuriansky (1952-1992). | | Sydney C. Kweskin (1946-1998). | | Monroe Silverman (1955-2003). | | Saul Kwartin born Brooklyn, New York, August 24, 1927; (1951-2008). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Litigation. | | Edward M. Kweskin (Member) born Stamford, Connecticut, June 26, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1968); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1971). Listed in: International Who's Who of Professionals, 1995—; Who's Who in American Law, 1996—; Who's Who in America, 1997—. Attorney, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1971-1973. Chairman, 1999—, and Commissioner, Sixth Taxing District of Norwalk, 1992—. President, 1994-1996 and Director, 1990-2001, Temple Sinai, Inc. President, Director, 1973— and Secondary School Chairperson, 1992-2004, University of Pennsylvania Alumni Club of Fairfield County. Member: Stamford (Chairman: Legal Referral Committee, 1974-1979; Chairman, Family Law Committee, 1984-1986; Member, Executive Committee, 1980-1989; Treasurer, 1983-1984; Secretary, 1984-1985; Vice-President, 1985-1987; President, 1987-1988; Co-Chairman, Pro Bono Committee, 1989-1990), Connecticut (Member, Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1997-1999) and American (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Divorce; Real Estate; Family Law; Wills; Estate Planning. Email: Edward M. Kweskin | | David M. Cohen (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, September 13, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Connecticut; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1970); Yale University (J.D., 1973). Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient, Francis E. Wayland Prize. Member, Legal Internship Committee, Connecticut Supreme Court, 1971-1973. Law Clerk to Judge Caleb Wright, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware, 1973-1975. Trial Referee, Connecticut Superior Court, 1990-—; Special Master, United States District Court 1998-—; James Cooper Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation; President and Director, Temple Sinai, Inc. Member: Stamford and Connecticut Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Civil Rights; Immigration and Naturalization. Email: David M. Cohen | | Marshall Goldberg (Member) born Norwich, Connecticut, January 31, 1945; admitted to bar, 1976, Connecticut; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brown University (A.B., cum laude, 1967); University of Michigan (M.A., 1970); University of Connecticut (J.D., magna cum laude, 1976). Recipient: Danforth Teaching Fellowship, University of Michigan; Corpus Juris Secundum Award; Hornbook Award, University of Connecticut; American Jurisprudence Awards in: Property II; Constitutional Law. Director, Aid for Retarded, Inc. (ARI). Director and President, Stamford Jewish Community Center. Incorporator, First County Bank. Member: Stamford and Connecticut Bar Associations; North Stamford Association (Director). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Creditors Rights; Creditor Bankruptcy; Real Estate. Email: Marshall Goldberg | | Stephen A. Finn (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 23, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Rhode Island; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1983, Connecticut; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Virginia (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Member: Stamford, Connecticut and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; Master, American Inns of Court; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Court Rules Committee, 1992—) Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Reported Cases: Matthiessen v. Vanech, 266 Conn. 822 (2003); General Acc. Ins. Co. v. Wheeler, 221 Conn. 206 (1992); Giannitti v. City of Stamford, 25 Conn.App. 67, cert. denied, 220 Conn. 918 (1991); Pergament v. Green, 32 Conn.App. 644, cert. denied, 228 Conn. 903 (1993); Darien Realty Advisors, Inc. v. Reeves, 10 Conn. App. 145 (1987); Casting Supply House, Inc. v. Elf Atochem NA, Inc., 34 Fed. Appx. 412 (2d Cir. 2002); Wards Co. v. Stamford Ridgeway Associates, 761 F.2d 117 (2d Cir. 1985); Fisher v. First Stamford Bank and Trust Co., 751 F.2d 519 (2d Cir. 1984); Hoffman v. City of Willimantic, 680 F. Supp. 504 (D. Conn. 1988); Hoffman v. McNamara, 630 F. Supp. 1257 (D. Conn. 1986). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Land Use; Commercial Law. Email: Stephen A. Finn | | Mark H. Henderson (Member) born Greenwich, Connecticut, August 29, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, Connecticut; 1986, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Trinity College (B.S., 1976); Pace University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in: Criminal Procedure I; Commercial Transactions II. Notes and Comment Editor, Pace Environmental Law Review, 1984-1985. Best Brief, Advanced Moot Court Competition. Author, "United States v. County of Westchester: Invalidation of an Airport Curfew," 2 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 83. Member, Lawyers for Children America. Former Director: Domestic Violence Services, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut. Former Director and Co-President, 1993-1994, Old Greenwich Riverside Community Center. Special Master: Connecticut Superior Courts in Family and Housing as well as the Regional Family Trial Docket. Member: Stamford/Darien, Fairfield County (Director, 2006—), Connecticut (Member, Family Law Section; Fee Arbitration Committee) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Family Law(80%); Criminal Law(10%); Landlord and Tenant Law(10%). Email: Mark H. Henderson | | Steven D. Grushkin (Member) born Greenport, Long Island, New York, April 3, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Connecticut; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1969); Suffolk University (J.D., 1972). Member, Board of Directors, Stamford Partnership, formerly Stamford Economic Assistance Corporation, 1986-1994. Past Director: Stamford Jewish Community Center; Agudath Shalom. Trustee, The Herbert and Sarah M. Gibor Charitable Foundation. Member, Board of Directors and Counsel, Stamford Land Conservation Trust, Inc. Vanderbilt Hillel Board of Governors, Vanderbilt University. Member: Stamford/ Norwalk Regional (Member, Executive Committee, 1983-1984; Vice Chairman, 1996-1997 and Co-Chairman, 1998-2000, Real Estate Committee) and Connecticut (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Land Use Regulation; Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business Law; Commercial Law; Finance. Email: Steven D. Grushkin | | Steven M. Frederick (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, September 15, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Connecticut; 1990, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1991, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1994, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1996, U.S. Tax Court; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tufts University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1986); New York University (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Chi National Honor Society. Recipient, Moot Court Advocacy Award, New York University. Vice Chairman, 1996-1997 and Chairman, 1998—, Education Committee and Member, Board of Directors, 1999—, Executive Committee, 2001—, Vice Chairman, 2002-2004, Chairman, 2004-2006, Stamford Chamber of Commerce. Chairman, Advisory Committee, Senior Employment Service, Inc., 1997-2002. Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2006, Executive Committee and Counsel, 2002—, Jewish Family Service of Stamford, Inc., Member, Board of Directors, Stamford Public Education Foundation, 2005—. Member, Citizens Advisory Board to the Trustees of the Ferguson Library, 2006—. Member: Stamford Regional, Connecticut and American Bar Associations; American Inns of Court; Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association; National Employment Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Employment Law; Civil Rights Law. Email: Steven M. Frederick | | Eric M. Higgins (Member) born Presque Isle, Maine, October 28, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Connecticut; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., cum laude, 1986); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1991). Law Clerk to the Honorable Maxwell Heiman, Connecticut Appellate Court, 1991-1992. Member: Stamford/Norwalk Regional and Connecticut (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Business Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: Eric M. Higgins | | Joseph M. Pankowski, Jr. (Member) born Gainesville, Florida, March 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Connecticut; 1991, New York. Education: Florida State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1986); University of Virginia (J.D., 1990); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1996); Yale University (M.A. in Religion, 1996). Justice of the Peace, Darien, Connecticut, 1996—. Vice Chair, Darien Commission on Aging. Member: Stamford/Norwalk and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Settlement; Trust Administration; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Charitable Giving. Email: Joseph M. Pankowski, Jr. | | Daniel M. Young (Member) born Syracuse, New York, June 20, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Connecticut; 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.S., with honors, 1992); New York University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Sol D. Kapolsohn Labor Law Prize, 1995. Associate Editor, 1993-1994 and Executive Editor, 1994-1995, Annual Survey of American Law. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Gerald L. Goettel, District of Connecticut, 1995-1997. Author, "Employer-Union Cooperation During the Initial Stages of Plant Development," Annual Survey of American Law, Issue 1, 1995. Member, City of Stamford Board of Ethics, 2005—. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Daniel M. Young | | William M. Davoren (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, September 21, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Connecticut; 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut.. Education: Fairfield University (B.S., 1989); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1992). Member: Connecticut Bar Association; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association; The Regional Bar Association (Co-Chair, Civil Litigation Committee); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Workers Compensation. Email: William M. Davoren | | OF COUNSEL | | Emanuel Margolis (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, March 18, 1926; admitted to bar, 1957, Connecticut; 1958, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1947); Harvard University (Ph.D., 1951); Yale University (LL.B., 1956). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in: Who's Who in America; The Best Lawyers in America. Author: "The Plea of Privilege Against Self-Incrimination by United Nations Employees," 40 Virginia Law Review 283-309, 1954; "The Hydrogen Bomb Experiments and International Law," 64 Yale Law Journal 629-647, 1955; "Medical Malpractice in Connecticut: Landon v. Humphrey Revisited," 32 Connecticut Bar Journal 51-69, 1958; "Questionable Status of Charitable Immunity: A Different View," 33 Connecticut Bar Journal 23-54, 1959; "A Uniform Motion for Disclosure in Negligence Cases," 38 Connecticut Bar Journal 127-150, 1963; "New Frontiers in Criminal Procedure," 41 Connecticut Bar Journal 603-625, 1967; "Corpus Delicti: State of the Disunion," II Suffolk University Law Review 44-57, 1968; "Escalating the Viet Nam Debate: A Reply to Professor Moore," 42 Connecticut Bar Journal 23-54, 1968; "Criminal Appeals in Motion," 45 Connecticut Bar Journal 114-145, 1971: "No More Prison Reform!," 46 Connecticut Bar Journal 448-482, 1972; "The Aching Bakke: Is There a Cure?" 51 Connecticut Bar Journal 417-434, 1977; "In Defense of the Insanity Defense," 58 Connecticut Bar Journal 389-409, 1984; "The War on Drugs: The Constitution Under Siege," 63 Connecticut Bar Journal 306-328, 1989; "Habeas Corpus: The No-Longer Great Writ," 98 Dick. L. Rev. 557, 1994; "State v. Ross: New Life for Connecticut's Death Penalty," 68 Connecticut Bar Journal 262, 1994. "Connecticut's War on Drugs: A Peace Proposal," Connecticut Bar Journal, 372-384, 1996; "Affirmative Action: Déja Vu All Over Again," 27 Southwestern University L. Rev. 1-72, 1997. Senior Editor, 1970-1979, 1983— and Editor-in Chief, 1980-1983, Connecticut Bar Journal. Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac College School of Law, 1986—. Counsel to Norwalk Branch, NAACP, 1963-1980. Member: Westport Planning & Zoning Commission, 1971-1975; National Board, American Civil Liberties Union, 1975-1979. Chairman, Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, 1987-1994. Legal Advisor, Connecticut Civil Liberties Union, 1995—. Member; Yale Law School Executive Committee, 2001-2004. Member: Connecticut (Chairman: Section on Human Rights & Responsibilities, 1971-1975; Judiciary Committee, 1985-1991; Federal Judiciary Committee, 1991-1998) and American Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Connecticut Attorney Trial Referee. Fellow, James W. Cooper, Connecticut Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Breen v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16, Bridgeport 396 U.S. 460 (1970); Delgado v. Connecticut, 408 U.S. 940 (1972); State v. Mooney, 218 Conn. 85, 1991. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Discrimination; Criminal Law. Email: Emanuel Margolis | | Anthony R. Lorenzo (Of Counsel) born Jersey City, New Jersey, June 18, 1926; admitted to bar, 1961, Connecticut; 1962, U.S. Tax Court; 1965, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1967, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: New York University (B.S., 1950; J.D., 1960; LL.M., 1964). Beta Gamma Sigma. Certified Public Accountant, Connecticut, 1954. Author, "Connecticut Uniform Gifts to Minors Act," 43 The Connecticut CPA 2, December, 1979. Editor, Tax Roundtable Column for quarterly publication "THE CONNECTICUT CPA", 1967-1973. Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (President, 1977-1978; President, Educational Trust Fund, 1983-1984); American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants (Member, National Board of Directors, 1970-1990); American Arbitration Association Panelist, New England Business Development Group Federal Tax Expert Panelist. Member: Stamford, Connecticut and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Anthony R. Lorenzo | | Howard C. Kaplan (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., May 23, 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, New York and Connecticut; 1961, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1956); Yale University (LL.B., 1959). Phi Beta Kappa. Author, "Selected Connecticut Business Law Cases," Collection of Connecticut Cases developed as instructional material at Yale University and University of Connecticut, revised annually. Visiting Lecturer and Guest Fellow, Yale University, 1983-1990. Instructor, Business Law, University of Connecticut Graduate School of Business, 1977-1995. Member, 1965-1969 and Majority Leader, 1967-1969, Stamford Board of Representatives. Member, Stamford Board of Ethics, 1996—. Member: Stamford and Connecticut Bar Associations; The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law; Real Estate; Civil Litigation. Email: Howard C. Kaplan | | Judith Rosenberg (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., January 17, 1943; admitted to bar, 1980, Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., 1964); Hofstra University (M.S., 1968); Pace University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Member, Editorial Board, Pace Law Review, 1978-1980. Author, "Moore v. Sims: A Further Expansion of the Younger Abstention Doctrine," 1 Pace Law Review 149, 1980. Member: Stamford and Connecticut (Member: Executive Committee, Workers' Compensation Section; Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Workers Compensation Committee). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Workers Compensation; Accidents; Personal Injury; Discrimination. Email: Judith Rosenberg | | Edmond M. Remondino (Counsel) born Queens Village, New York; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; 1990, Connecticut. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., Political Science, 1983); New York University (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Fairfield County and Connecticut Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Edmond M. Remondino | | ASSOCIATES | | Adam J. Blank (Associate) born Syracuse, New York, December 7, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut; 2005, New York and U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2004). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Securities. Email: Adam J. Blank | | Alexander Fichtel (Associate) born Falmouth, Maine, June 12, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Massachusetts; 2007, Connecticut and New York. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., cum laude, 2002); George Washington University Law School (J.D., with honors, 2006). Member, Editorial Board, Public Contracts Law Journal, 2005-2006. Member: Connecticut Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Alexander Fichtel | | Richard Lewis (Associate) born San Francisco Bay Area, California, 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut; 2006, New York. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., Philosophy, 1998); University of Chicago (A.M., 1999); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 2004). Member: Fairfield County, Connecticut and New York State Bar Associations; CTLA. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Richard Lewis | | Kurosh L. Marjani (Associate) born Oxford, England, August 25, 1976; admitted to bar, 2000, Connecticut; 2001, Massachusetts, New York, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1997); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2000). Member, Connecticut Moot Court Board. Finalist, The Alva P. Loiselle Moot Court Competition. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: Kurosh L. Marjani | | Mary-Kate Smith (Associate) born Milford, Connecticut, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Connecticut; 2005, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut. Education: George Washington University (B.A., cum laude, 1998); University of Colorado (M.A., 2001); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2004). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure; The Honorable M. Joseph Blumenfeld Prize for Rendering Outstanding Service as an Advocate on Behalf of Clients in the Civil Clinic, University of Connecticut School of Law. Secretary and Member, Board of Directors, Rebuilding Together of Stamford/Greenwich. Member: Fairfield County and Connecticut Bar Associations; Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Rights. Email: Mary-Kate Smith |
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