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Flexner

American  
[fleks-ner] / ˈflɛks nər /

noun

  1. Abraham, 1866–1959, U.S. educator.

  2. his brother Simon, 1863–1946, U.S. pathologist and bacteriologist.


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Sigrid McCawley, a managing partner at Boies Schiller Flexner, questioned the value of information Maxwell could provide.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Boies is a founding partner of the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Its law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner may seek up to $28.5 million of the settlement in fees and $3.5 million for expenses.

From Reuters Mar. 1, 2023

He is currently with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and before that he worked at Boies Schiller & Flexner.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2022

It is one of the most frequent and fatal of what Flexner described a decade ago as "terminal infections."

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

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