What does it say about a lawyer that his 23-year-old firm survived him by only two months?

While the death of Tew Cardenas involves more than the death of Thomas Tew, to Joseph DeMaria it says only good things. “What it says is that Tom was the swizzle stick of this firm. He put it together, and it lasted a long time,” said DeMaria, who worked with Tew at the litigation boutique for 21 years.