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How long did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. practice law before becoming a judge?

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. practiced law for 15 years before becoming a judge. After being admitted to the bar in 1867, he worked as a member of several law firms until his appointment to the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts in December 1882.1