Mr. Dean testified that he counted pro basketball players among his clients.

You name the government official or Fortune 500 company and odds are that Valentine at one time or another counted them among his clients.

Together, the three companies count among their clients all but one of the 36 states with lotteries.

A fortune teller, Shion Kuroda, counts many businessmen among her clients.

Ms. Kingsley, 66, counts Cruise and company among her clients.

John A. Silberman, a lawyer who counts many artists among his clients, agreed.

PricewaterhouseCoopers counts among its clients a majority of the world's 5,000 largest concerns, including those in media, financial services, retail sales, health care management and government.

He would come to count among his clients some of the nation's wealthiest and most storied families.

The firm counted several Caribbean and African nations among its clients.

He counted among his clients boxing legend Jack Dempsey.