Arnold & Porter Partner Channels Deepak Chopra From Home for 400

May you be well. May you be healthy and safe.

Those implorations might sound like the e-mail sign-offs that have grown, somewhat distressingly, familiar due to coronavirus.

But on Thursday, that was the mantra Brian Israel asked about 400 Arnold & Porter lawyers, staff, and their families to focus on during an unlikely law firm connecting post, a daily meditation he leads via conference call from his home. The callers mostly come from the U.S., but Israel has seen numbers phone dial in from as far away as London and Shanghai, where his firm has offices.

“As you repeat these ...