18 Year Retrospective: More Unsolicited Advice
It’s crazy to me that, in the time I’ve been married, I could have birthed a kid and gotten it through high school. (But I’m glad…
Read articlePractice tip: Doing your best for your clients when they’re unlikeable
There is a kind of lawyer you will meet in practice, who is a man in his 60s or 70s, who is gruff, a bit sexist…
Read articlePractice tip: Talking to clients
To those of you in law school, who are starting to suspect that the academics who never practiced law really aren’t cut out to teach you…
Read articleLet it snow
I want us to get pounded with the blizzard of epic proportions that the east coast got. You guys on the east coast? Too much whining. …
Read articleLiftoff
One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen was a shuttle launch in the 1990s. A close second was, on the same trip, seeing the…
Read articleChild Tantrum FAQ
Let’s say you see P and me – or a parent and child a lot like P and me – on the street, in a store,…
Read articleCasual Concerns
In no particular order: I love stripping the house of Christmas decorations on December 26. It always does my uncluttering heart good. In a space as…
Read articleMirror, Mirror
Oh, the end of the year. Is it the dark that does it? The arbitrariness of a calendar date? Why is this our time to reflect,…
Read articleFile under H for Humbug
I don’t mean to get all scroogy, but here’s the thing about the holidays: even when I was a child and had the starring role –…
Read articlePractice Tip: Don’t be a dick
Believe it or not, the law used to be considered one of the noble professions. (Obviously, this was before the advent of cheesy late night…
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