Posted: February 20, 2011 - 7:36pm
By Matt Galnor
Rick Mullaney built his first team in the mid-1970s, convincing guys from the University of Florida debate team to spend a summer in the Midwest, working 13-hour days hawking books door-to-door.
As a prosecutor, he eventually led the hiring efforts, persuading top law students to put off the big bucks to learn the ropes in the courtroom.
Mullaney walked into silk stocking law firms, plucking high-priced talent to the Jacksonville General Counsel's Office, convincing them to leave the high-priced part for government work.
