From The KDDK Advantage - May 2006

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In negotiations, it is often when the situation is most stressful and hopeless that a break is about to occur. Arthur Donovan used to tell the story of a business owner who was suffering through a long strike. The business owner summoned Arthur to his home. When he arrived, the business owner was lying on the couch, obviously stressed, with a damp cloth on his forehead as if he had a splitting headache. The business owner was ready to throw in the towel. Arthur pleaded with the man for just a few more days, and he agreed. The next day the union threw in the towel and walked away from the situation. The business owner never had to deal with the union for the remainder of his career. What a difference a day makes. As told by Tom Magan.

Arthur Donovan (1911 - 2000) was a 1937 graduate of the Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C. As a young lawyer he was hired as one of the nation’s first attorneys for the National Labor Relations Board. In 1945 Arthur helped win convictions for some of the 24 Nazi officials put on trial in Nuremberg, Germany. After the war he was hired by KDDK founder Isidor Kahn, and through his work, Arthur continued to earn a reputation as one of the toughest labor lawyers in the country. Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2008.

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