Dear Steve,

Many thanks to you and others in your firm who took on this case for Lonnie and me and carried it through to a fruitful end.

Your firm was contacted when my daughter spotted your ad in our local paper and mentioned it to us when she saw the word “asbestos,” as Lonnie had just been correctly diagnosed as having asbestos-related cancer (after two incorrect diagnoses of small-cell cancer and then adenocarcinoma cancer).

It has been nice to have ample funds to help our church, charities, and family. Ordinary working-class people do not ordinarily have funds to spare for large gifts.

Your accessibility when I wanted to talk about some matter still amazes me. I worked for lawyers for over 30 years, and even small-town lawyers aren’t there for their clients like that.

Again, thank you so much. May you and yours have a Merry Christmas and happy and prosperous New Year.

Yours very truly,

Mary Lou Cook