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Meet The D.C. Law Student Who Came To The Rescue Of A Biglaw Partner

"The word hero is thrown around casually," said the partner. "This guy is a hero."

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John Rowley (left) and Andrew Miller (by Fox5)

John Rowley (left) and Andrew Miller (by Fox5)

On Monday, we put out a call to try and find the law student who came to the aid of John Rowley, a 62-year-old Baker McKenzie partner who was being assaulted by a group of teens in a D.C. Metro station. That student, a 23-year-old GW Law student named Andrew Miller, has now been found, as reported by Fox5:

“The word hero is thrown around casually – sports heroes, all sorts of heroes,” said Rowley [upon meeting Miller]. “This guy is a hero.”

“They stepped over him, came at me,” Miller described. “They threw one punch, which I was able to block kind of instinctively, but it landed a little bit. They swung again the second time. That one hit me. That one hit me down and I think that was the end of it.”

Miller sacrificed to save Rowley, suffering a concussion. Rowley still has facial swelling and bruising (which you can see in this Fox5 video), and he will need surgery so doctors can insert pints to heal the broken bones in his hand that hit a moving train. Two juveniles have been arrested in connection with the assault.

It’s not clear how Rowley knew his rescuer was a law student or how Miller learned about Rowley’s search for him. But we do know this much:

“There is a silver lining here,” said Rowley. “It’s that I have an opportunity to meet and get to know this young man because he really is a cut above. I haven’t had too much time to work on him yet, but I am a former federal prosecutor and I am trying to nudge him in that direction.”

“This incident kind of resolidifies my desire to make sure that whatever career that I go into, I am actually making a difference,” said Miller.

Andrew Miller, you already have. We can all enjoy a good lawyer joke every now and then, but it’s nice to know that they’re just jokes — and the many ways that lawyers help society are no laughing matter.

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Metro passenger meets Good Samaritan who stepped in to stop vicious attack [Fox5]
Student who defended Metro attack victim is glad he stepped in [WTOP]

Earlier: Who Is The Mystery Law Student Who Came To The Rescue Of A Biglaw Partner?
Law Student of the Day: A Good Samaritan Hero
The Day The Lawyer Jokes Died

DBL square headshotDavid Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law and the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com.

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