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Our Declaration of Independence declared that it was our right to pursue life, liberty and happiness. It is widely acknowledged that the author of the phrase, Thomas Jefferson, borrowed from John Locke, who had advocated for the pursuit of life, ...

Given the divisiveness of our nation, the rancor within the legal sector and the pushing, pulling, and fighting that surrounds it, one might suspect that 2019 is another one of those years where “the law” is not being very nice ...

At approximately 4:45 p.m. on November 9, 2016, three individuals, Jonathan Aladin, Cecelia Whettston and Endia Lawrence entered a small family-owned bakery that had been a fixture in the small town in which it was located for generations. A bakery ...

I have been practicing law for more years than I care to count. During the course of my career, the type of work that has made up the bulk of my practice has changed, virtually year to year. The firm ...

As NCAA college basketball programs, fantasy sports websites, casinos and gamblers worldwide prepared for the college basketball tournament that began in March, a different madness bombarded the consciousness of many, in the form of indictments, sentencing and the details of ...

The year was 1955. The man was well known in the small city he called home. People thought they knew him. Then he was summoned for jury duty. Voir Dire, the process of jury selection, went forward much as it ...

The American lawyer knows that our legal system evolved from the English system of yore. We also know that our forefathers continue a similar system, though one with some marked differences from the one across the pond. We also realize ...

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It is now 2019. The story is far from over. It also is far from where and when it began, in upstate New York, back in 2003. It started with a man, an idea and an ad on Craigslist. It ...

The year was 2012. The jurisdiction: Kingston, Ontario. The place: Princess Street, the principal thoroughfare of the town. It was three days before Christmas, the day of the Kingston Santa Claus parade. The parade began as scheduled (pronounced “shed-yuled”) and ...

It has been a while now since the shocking sexual-abuse scandal involving Penn State Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky rocked the legal, sports and general communities. The world, sadly, has provided us with many more disturbing, violent and disruptive headlines since ...

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The system. It is a phrase used by many, in the law and in daily life. One particular and important system is a basic, primordial concept underlying our lawyerly endeavors and government. It is has long been a key to ...

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