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I’ve known Tim for more than 20
years. I first worked with him on a death penalty case in 1985,
and seeing what an extraordinary lawyer and person he was,
spent a year recruiting him to my law firm (then called
Mezzulo, McCandish, and Framme). He is a close friend,
spiritual brother, neighbor, and former law partner. I am not
impartial about Tim, but I doubt that anyone who knows him well
could be.
Tim Kaine is the coolest Governor of
Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. He’s brilliant, delightfully
funny, sensitive, down to earth, profoundly honest, very slow
to anger, generous of spirit, and utterly without pretension.
He is not motivated by money. His interests are broad and deep
as is his knowledge - he’s the most widely read person I
know. Although he majored in economics, he enjoys and can
discuss at length religion, philosophy, modern fiction,
history, carpentry, contemporary music, sports - you name it.
Tim appreciates the mundane and the little things in life, as
well as the complexities of government and business, and the
many gifts of nature. He is at ease anywhere with anyone
because he is completely genuine. He honors the sacred in each
person, even his adversaries. His actions demonstrate that he
knows those of low station to be as important in God’s eyes
as kings and presidents. In an age when the term
“politician” is almost a dirty word, it’s
amazing that someone like Tim could be in politics at all, much
less be successful at it. Tim has a healthy ego and sense of
competition, but he’s the only politician I can think of
whose identity is truly tied to public service, not to the
wealth, power, and prestige of an exalted office.
- Thomas M. Wolf
Partner, LeClair Ryan
Neighbor from Old Neighborhood
Partner, LeClair Ryan
Neighbor from Old Neighborhood
