>> I could not get Dan Rather to vouch for its journalistic authenticity.
Well, it’s kinda like Santa Claus: I WANT to believe it because it’s such a heartwarming story, so for the time being I’m going to.
There is a lawyer with that name who graduated from Michigan in the early 1970’s and is now practicing in Idaho. I suspect it’s authentic. Young lawyer is annoyed, uses company letterhead to complain, get royally slapped down.