Down with the Sickness
I have often complained that law school prepared me to be a lawyer, not to practice law. As a lawyer who is... Read More
They Tried to Make me Go to Rehab. (And They Did.)
Don’t be alarmed, Gentle Reader. The only substance addiction I have is for sugar, and except for certain cream filled chocolate eggs,... Read More
The Ones the Wolves Pulled Down
The law is a tough business and it gets tougher year over year. Old and even middle-aged lawyers will tell you so... Read More
You Say You Want a Resolution, Well, You Know…
Along with arguments of whether this is the beginning or the end of the decade (it’s the end by the way, we... Read More
He was a Big Man but Maybe Smaller Than I Thought
I got out of the office and into the woods often enough to have a successful deer season this year. It was... Read More
Oh Deer, it is That Time of Year
It is deer season, a/k/a redneck high holy days. I am trying to be in the woods more and in the office... Read More
Time, Gentlemen (Meant in a non-Gender Specific way, of Course.)
When I was a teenager, I had a hard time dragging myself out of bed in the morning. It wasn’t that I... Read More
Writs and Other Major Awards
Although the weather in my part of the world hasn’t yet gotten the memo- it is still in the upper 80s here-... Read More
Keyboard Cowboys, Outrage Fetishists, Three Foot High Flames, and Bourbon
Gentle Reader, this is one of THOSE columns. The ones where Middle Aged Lawyer man controls my keyboard and my more reasonable... Read More
Lessons from Dogs
Regular readers of this space may remember my dear dog Judge. He died several years ago- I was convinced it was only... Read More