71.   The lawyer, Paul M. Weiner, is a law partner of state Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak of Elizabeth, who is an influential Democrat.

72.   The other tribes hired Paul Eckstein, a former classmate, law partner and political associate of Babbitt.

73.   The post has brought him and his law partners millions of dollars in lobbying fees.

74.   The partners and associates and secretaries milled around nervously, waiting for their old law partner, the first lady-elect of the United States.

75.   The opposing tribes hired Paul F. Eckstein, a former classmate and law partner of Babbitt.

76.   The three law partners prided themselves on hiring lawyers without regard to gender, ethnicity or racial background.

77.   The treasurer, William Cunningham III, a New York lawyer, is the law partner of Harold Ickes, the adviser to the Clintons.

78.   Thomas Hal Clarke, former law partner of Mitchell Stephens and a longtime adviser to the trusts, also declined to discuss the matter.

79.   Trubin, active in the liberal wing of the Republican Party, was a longtime law partner, close friend and campaign manager of Jacob K. Javits.

80.   Two weeks ago, he named his campaign chairman and former law partner, Michael C. Finnegan, to be his counsel.