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I just had the Monday-est of Mondays. I was loafing through my morning routine, walking the dog in the cold, pretending to work out, and having breakfast.

I am multilingual. Folks know this because I tell everyone all the time, almost like someone announces that they are vegan.

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.

I hope you will indulge the humble brag that I offer this month.

While we don’t like to talk about it, all lawyers get fired by a client if they practice long enough, just like catching bar complaints and losing trials.

I recently read an article about becoming lucky. It was a fake headline – you can't become more lucky.

It is hot. My gift for stating the obvious is often mentioned, but it is impossible to overstate how hot it is.

I am generally risk averse.

I made a mistake in my last offering here. I received a kind email pointing it out, and I was grateful to the Reader.

Trial lawyers learn early on that as communicators, the way we say something can be more important than what we say.

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Early in my career, I had a heated discussion at a motion hearing with a much older lawyer.

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