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Is this Modifier Misplaced?

This crossed my desk today:

I have almost exclusively practiced environmental law for the past 10 years.

My initial thought is that, in this case, the modifying phrase (adverbial, I think) “almost exclusively”  implies that this poor individual has done nothing other than practice law for 10 years.  I would have said:

I have practiced environmental law almost exclusively for the past 10 years.

But since I lack the time to look this up at the moment, I put it to you readers: what do you think? Misplaced, or snug as a bug in its rightful place in the sentence?

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