Last week, after the welcome reception at the U.S. Embassy celebrating the Brigham-Kanner Conference’s visit to Beijing and the awarding of the B-K prize to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, I had a chance to meet up with an old law school classmate and friend, Laurence Brahm.
Since our graduation nearly a quarter-century ago, Laurence has led a life that can best be described as “interesting” (as in “may you live in interesting times”), and he has not followed the usual lawyer career path. Lawyer, filmmaker, hotelier, economic advisor, philanthropist, author, futurist, and restaurateur, among many others. Over drinks and dinner at his retro-kitschy Red Capital restaurant (now that is the PRC I remember!), we caught up and