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I have been thinking about September. It’s a good month where I live. The first half can be very hot — Indian summer, as they say — but as the month slides toward October, the morning air smells like change. ...

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I traveled to Kansas City recently to take depositions. Because the depositions were on a Friday and my wife’s birthday was the next day, we decided to go together and spend the weekend in the “City of Fountains.” The depositions ...

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While the president chose to celebrate Independence Day this year with a military display of force in our nation’s capital, that same week the U.S. Court of Appeals celebrated our democratic values by issuing an opinion bolstering free speech. In ...

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Before going to court or the office each morning, I do the same thing most male lawyers do. I look in the mirror, I brush my teeth, I take a shower. I look in the mirror, and I shave. I ...

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It was 1973 — I wasn’t a lawyer. I was an adventurer, and I wanted to see the mountain gorillas. Although tourism in the Virunga mountains range was in its infancy, it was still possible to go to Uganda. Unfortunately, ...

My law firm has been in existence for more than 100 years. So has the bank building in which it is housed. The building lacks some of the modern looks that are associated with law practices of today. Many lawyers ...

When last month when I put pen to paper — or I guess these days it should be characterized as voice-to-iPhone dictation app — I suggested the judiciary ought to be allocated a portion of the blame for our current ...

No, I am not going to write about Roger Stone. Most of us saw the picture of the judge he posted on the internet with crosshairs above her head. Of course, we all know that anyone who is still a ...

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It was 1974. Neither my wife nor I were lawyers, yet. The trip to Bombay (now Mumbai) from Mombasa, Kenya, was on an Indian boat having no resemblance to a Royal Caribbean ocean liner (other than perhaps norovirus). We were ...

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When I first started writing columns, I had little doubt I had valuable information to convey from the perspective of the insightful young lawyer. I still kind of feel that way, despite the rolling of the years, and the fact ...

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I love every week, but Thanksgiving week is my favorite. In the first place, it contains only three work days. And even those days are usually filled with anticipation of the holiday season, resulting in a more relaxed atmosphere than ...