FARRINGTON FINANCIAL LEGAL GROUP — DANIEL SLOANE, SENIOR GENERAL COUNSEL

I knew that name the way I knew my own address.

Daniel had been my grandfather’s attorney for decades, and then my father’s.

Trusts, estates, foundations, prenuptial agreements, acquisitions — every delicate matter that families like mine prefer to handle quietly.

He was eighty-two now and mostly retired to a house in Connecticut.

“Why him?”

“Because his initials were on the envelope.”

“What?”