More recently, ownership has been distracted, not by the loss of a few million here and a few million there, but by a trustee's lawsuit to recoup funds for some less fortunate Madoff clients, perhaps for as much as $1 billion.
Also, I was fortunate to have clients that made news.
In 1914, when the store was completed, the magazine Architecture said that the architects had been "fortunate in having clients who advocated a generous and progressive policy" with the result that "the public has received a gift and a benefit".
I've been fortunate to work with clients who are passionate and committed to achieving results, and if a prospective client comes to me unready or unwilling to dive in at the deep end of the pool, I don't work with them.
Eunice Brown, 21, another of Ms. Johnson's clients, was fortunate nothing went wrong with her first pregnancy.
At Bospar we have been fortunate to have helped clients become recognized as leaders.
I am fortunate to have two clients without having even the website up.
"She asked me, 'How bad is it going to be?' " The client was fortunate: her investments, in mostly government-backed bonds, were up 6percentt for the year.
They have been fortunate in not having put clients in some of the biggest meltdowns -- Enron, Tyco, Worldcom.
