Lardner

American

[lahrd-ner] / ˈlɑrd nər /

noun

Ring(gold Wilmer) 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.

Lardner British

/ ˈlɑːdnə /

noun

Ring ( old Wilmer ). 1885–1933, US short-story writer and journalist, whose best-known works are collected in How to Write Short Stories (1924) and The Love Nest (1926)

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Gregory Husisian, of the law firm Foley & Lardner, said clients who had previously declined to consider such transactions are now reconsidering.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the strike turned to dust a project Donal Lardner Ward was pitching, he decided to dust off what he called the 40-year “elephant in the room.”

From Los Angeles Times

This is legal reasoning worthy of the Ring Lardner character: Shut up, he explained.

From Washington Post

The new rules "get us at least a little bit closer to where we need to go," said Sunny Levine, a telehealth and behavioral health lawyer at the firm Foley & Lardner, headquartered in Milwaukee.

From Salon

On the final day of the hearings, writers Lester Cole and Ring Lardner Jr. also refused to cooperate.

From Washington Post

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