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Welcome to the Advisory Opinions Podcast. I'm David French with Sarah Isger.

And we've got a lot of things to talk to you about today.

But we wanted to talk and begin by talking about Will Consvoy who passed away this week,

who was Sarah's close friend. And Sarah, do you want to talk for a minute about Will?

I know it's going to be hard, but he's somebody you knew from your one-year of law school

and was a significant legal presence in our nation. And so, yeah, why don't you talk about him?

I am going to try. And just let's just say at the front here,

apologies to producer Adam, because this might take a few takes.

And unlike most of this podcast, in fact, I'm not sure I've ever done this before,

but I've written this down. So I'll be reading because I think it will help me.

My friend Will Consvoy passed away this week after a two-year battle with brain cancer.

We've talked about him on this pod many times. The Harvard case, Shelby County,

Trump taxes, he argued in front of the Supreme Court, he started his own law firm,

but that's not why he mattered to so many people.

Will was one of the most important people in my life. I met him after my first year of law school,

and I never let go. I went to his law firm as a summer associate. I clerked for his judge.

I don't think a week went by a DOJ that I didn't talk to him.

I've never had to think about the law without Will's voice in my head.

So while he may have been done here, I still needed him very much.

I know there are a lot of you listening who knew Will and are hoping for a tribute

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