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Thoughts from a Majestic Weekend
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 […]
When the First Amendment met Twitter
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 […]
The way we were
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 […]
Lawyers in the mist
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 […]
Acid reflux in life and law
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 […]
Judge: Consider This an Option
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 […]
Judge, Consider This a Warning
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 […]
A Lawyer’s Return to Goa
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 […]
Reflections at the Starting Gate of One More Year
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 […]
Peaceful Thanksgiving Meditations (Maybe)
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 […]
Legal lessons from abroad
Lawyer Frederike Winslow was born in Buesum, a small seaside town in northern Germany. When Frederike, along with her American lawyer husband and their little girl Claire, visited her family […]
Going, Going … Almost Gone
Some lawyers think they get their best ideas when they’re drinking. I recall a night some months ago when law school friends Dick Slickster, plaintiffs’ lawyer extraordinaire, Cal Polo, the […]
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