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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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I generally avoid politics in this space. Not because I don’t have opinions, but because there are political analysts who have better formed ones. And the Editors told me to keep mine to myself. So, this isn’t a political column. I promise.  

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I finally got/had to work from home during the recent snow storm.

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I know it is early, but luck hasn't been on my side this year.

It is the holiday season. I know this because of the lovely cards I am getting.

Two holidays fell in the last couple of weeks — Love your Lawyer day and Veteran’s Day. My office didn’t get mail on either of them. The second was by mandate of the federal government and the first was by its planned incompetence. Not getting mail wasn’t even the most annoying thing that happened to my firm last month though.

While I had great law practice mentors, my hunting skills are largely self-taught and my teacher is lousy. I learn new things regularly in both.

After showing proof of my COVID vaccination and donning a mask, I was finally able to go to another meeting of Old Guys Litigation Gang — the OGLG. The name isn’t catchy, but it is easier to get past accountants and spouses than “Cigar and Booze Tuesday” was.

It isn’t often that I get letters from readers of this space asking for advice. Strike that, it isn’t often that I get letters at all, at least not on time.

You are holding in your hands (or reading on your screen) the inaugural offering of “With All Due Respect,” my “new and improved” musings. Not really new and sadly, not all that improved.