Tis the Season to Melt in Place
It’s hot around here, and it’s not even officially summer yet. The planet is pregaming the upcoming season pretty hard. People are cranky in the hot weather. (Other people. I [...]
The Right Judge Makes all the Difference
Like most folks, I am aware of the trial involving former President Trump in New York. By the time you read this, it will have been decided. Whatever the outcome, [...]
Old Lawyers Never Die. Wait, They Do.
I admit it, I am an old lawyer. I used to acknowledge the fact reluctantly, but it is far from escapable these days. The mirror tells me, my wife tells [...]
Is Bad Advice is Better Than No Advice?
I was sick recently. I don’t get sick often and it’s a good thing because I am lousy at it. I swear that Mancold is a debilitating illness but my [...]
Judgey? Maybe a Little.
I was on my law school’s mock trial team. There was no NIL money. The only way to be a big man on campus by boasting about team membership was [...]
The Five People You Meet at Parties
I caught up with Stuart Thomas last month. He wasn’t in town promoting his book “Getting to No, the Art of Passive Aggression,” at least not officially. I saw him [...]
Happy New Year or Whatever.
Gentle Reader, The holiday season is behind us, finally. My wife and I used to get out of town to escape the holiday hustle bustle. We didn’t manage that this [...]
Can a Windfall be Woeful?
When a scheduled event is cancelled and frees up my schedule, I call it a windfall. Some windfalls- conference calls with seven attendees for example- are more windfally than others, [...]
Old Lawyers Don’t Die, They Just Become Moot.
I was sitting on a bench waiting for a bailiff to unlock the court room door after lunch. I had my head down in my notes when I became aware [...]
Its All Business, Especially the Busyness.
I have been self employed for a couple of decades, or as I call it, unemployed with overhead. Unless it was one of the days I skipped, no one in [...]