News Scrapbook 1989
E~ondido, CA (San Diego Co.l Times Advocate (Cir. D. 45,9001 (Cir. S. 47,000) JUL ..Alt...'• , . C I
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tt Farnaes-Lindgern says that "Here, you look at specif•c cases to find out what the law 1s. In Europe, thefe ere statutes for everything."
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Diego was that it had "too many cars," she said. She returned to Copenhagen in 1982 and joined a major law firm. But the next year, when a client asked her tu help him with the le- gal details of his new business in San Diego. she jumped at the op- portunity to come back to Southern California. She passed the bar in 1986 and joined the Rancho Bernardo firm a year-and-a-half ago. Farnaes-Lindgern said her flu- ency in Danish is beneficial when dealing with European clients who now live here. Her knowledge ofEuropean law also helps her to explain the differences in Ameri-
But, he beat the odds. After attending law. chool at the Univer ity of Copenhagen, he served a an apprentice for an attorney for four years some- thing that must be done in most professions in Europe. After her apprentice hip, she practiced law for another four years m Den• mark. Looking for a change of seen ery, Farnaes-Lindgern packed up her tw
• Name: Annette Fa•naes-Lindgern • Age:42 • Home: UniVEl'S1ty City • Occupation: Attorney
• Quote: "It's not in the Danish mentality to ask for damages in the amounts they do here. In a lot of cases, they ask for exorbi- tant sums for money and there seems to be no connection to the real amount of damage done."
Sitting behind her desk, she ~aid, laughing, "I wanted to do . omething where I wouldn't sit in an office all day. I was so sure I'd never spend time sitting in an of- fice"
can law to those clients. Although she initially decided to study literature, Farnaes- Lindgern said, she later decided law looked like an interesting pro- fession.
San Diego, CA. (San Diego Co.) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840) JUL 2 3 1989
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Sunday, July 23, 1989
Summer is a good time to discover local architecture er11~~'? Commentary
City Hall and complain. Relax mthe sculpture garden and cafe of the San Diego Museum of Art. See bow architecture, art and landscape can be combined Urge other architects to do this. Uptown: Look at the John S. Long r idence at 2408 First Ave. Stay on the sidewalk, because a pri- va le office now occupies this house that represents what is left of the V1ctor1an gentility that character- ized this section of San Diego H llcrHt: Hike mto the canyon behind the Design Center at 3611 Fifth Ave to see how the late Lloyd Ruocco one of the city's master ar- chitects, handled a hill ide lot. See the new condomiruum project built to the cast, and understand that newer does not always mean better. Bankera Hill/Mitsion Ht l1: alk or bicycle through these winding streets and see the fine examples of Craf man tyle, Spanish Colonial and some that can only be called ec- lectic Walk across the suspension bridge at Spruce and Front streets. North Park, Normal Height,, Midtown and Ken1ington are also borne to fa cmating residenllal trea- sures. Of peculiar interest: the Hobart Apartments at 4472 Felton St. Th quite normal apartment complex I the background for unu- sual outdoor furnishings and other obJ ts Among them are a 6-foot bear, num rous South Sea I land gods, a porpoise next to a doghouse nd a nail the 1ze of a German hepcrd. M1Hion V•l!•Y= Turn your head
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The san Union/Robert Gauthier
The Salk Institute
John S. Long residence
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