Today was Not a Good Day
I thought today would be a good day. Then I saw a request for help in a hunting group to search for an elderly hunter who was lost. The elderly [...]
It is an Honor to be Nominated, or The Time Losing Didn’t Crush my Soul
Gentle Reader, I hope you will indulge the humble brag that I offer this month. Almost every trial lawyer knows the sting of losing. It is avoidable for lawyers who [...]
I Keep Confidential Documents in a Chifferobe, Behind the Hat Rack.
I got fired by a client last week. It has happened before but luckily it is not a common occurrence in my practice. While we don’t like to talk about [...]
Its Not That Bad, Really.
I recently read an article about becoming lucky. It was a fake headline- you can’t become more lucky. Luck can be a self fulfilling concept because folks who think they [...]
Putting the Temper back in Temperature
It is hot. My gift for stating the obvious is often mentioned, but it is impossible to overstate how hot it is. Wildfires in London hot. Melting pavement during the [...]
Judging Judges and other Dangerous Games.
I am generally risk averse. I don’t ride carnival rides (mobile workers without known addresses operating old equipment that folds up on purpose?) and I don’t participate in adrenaline sports. [...]
Misteaks? I’ve Made a Feyew.
Gentle Reader, I made a mistake in my last offering here. I received a kind email pointing it out, and I was grateful to the Reader. Court opens with the [...]
Was It Something I Said?
Trial lawyers learn early on that as communicators, the way we say something can be more important than what we say. I lay awake at night hoping opposing counsel will [...]
The Death of Civility
Move over Truth, Civility needs that Hospital Bed. Early in my career, I had a heated discussion at a motion hearing with a much older lawyer. He was about the [...]
So, Now What?
I generally avoid politics in this space. Not because I don’t have opinions, but because there are political analysts who have better formed ones. And the Editors told me to [...]