David Hyman’s nearly 30-year law career can be traced back to the season he spent as a ski bum in Aspen, Colorado, before his first year of law school.
When he wasn’t on the slopes, Hyman discovered a law firm in town specializing in real estate. He figured if he wanted to become a permanent mountain dweller, he should become a real estate lawyer.
But his plans were interrupted when life (and a girl, now his wife) led him to San Francisco, where he ditched property law for the thrill of startup culture and took a job at delivery service Webvan during the height of the dot-com boom. "I like to say it was well ahead of its time," chuckles Hyman, who found himself with a J.D.
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