When Law360 delved into the Big Four accounting firms' expansion into the global legal market recently, Phillip England, a shareholder in Anderson Kill's Corporate Tax Group, offered a striking contrast between the roles and outlooks of the two professions:

"The basic role of an accountant is to take a concept that is intrinsically gray, and make it black and white," England said. "But the basic role of a lawyer is to make something that appears black and white, gray, so it can be subject to dispute and an ultimate resolution."

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