By David C. Buxbaum

Mr. Buxbaum, 45, heads a nine-attorney law firm specializing in international trade (especially pertaining to the People's Republic of China), securities and litigation, with offices in New York and Los Angeles. He has a law degree from Michigan and a doctorate in political science (Chinese law) from the University of Washington.

On day in early 1975, with plenty of time on my hands, I was thumbing through the New York Law Journal and spotted a classified help-wanted ad: a private corporation needed legal assistance in the commodities area. I had some background in securities and commodities, so I responded and soon found myself in the Fifth Avenue offices of the American Board of Trade Inc., talking with the firm's president, Arthur Econombu.

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