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Although the weather in my part of the world hasn’t quite gotten the memo — until recently, it’s been in the upper 80s and low 90s here — it is officially autumn. Little known fact: the word autumn comes from ...

Regular readers of this space may remember my dear dog Judge. He died several years ago — I was convinced it was only one or two years, but my wife and the pictures on social media reminded me that it ...

Gentle Reader, this is one of THOSE columns: the ones where Middle-Aged Lawyer Man controls my keyboard and my more reasonable voice is silent. Young folks either can’t relate or compare me to their dads. Or granddads. I have been ...

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I lived in Oklahoma when I was young. Most politicians from my home state were Democrats, and the term “yellow dog Democrat” was a common label for my fellow citizens. The saying went that these folks would vote for an ...

Among the (growing) list of things that annoy me are misuses and abuses of language. Overly redundant. Any and all. They’re, there and their used inappropriately, second only to your and you’re. Epic, awesome, and iconic for things that are ...

I went to Chicago for the first time when I was in my early 20s. I had never been to a city that size, and I was shocked at how many people were walking around on city streets after 10 ...

It had been a gloomy day, and I don’t just mean the weather. I was running behind schedule to court. The closest parking spot was three blocks away, so I got to enjoy a brisk walk to the courthouse in ...

I’ve keep running into pirate symbols lately. Trial lawyers have a lot in common with pirates, as I’ve written in this space before. Pirates came up with a system of workers’ compensation long before it was popular elsewhere. They always ...

In 1998, I was both a new father and a new lawyer. Fortunately, I was blissfully unaware of how unprepared I was for either gig, and that is what kept me from running — screaming — into the woods. The ...

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Gentle Reader: It has been pointed out (many times, in fact) that I don’t look forward to the holidays. I don’t hate the holidays, and it isn’t even that I don’t enjoy them, necessarily. Holidays, like vacations, mean not going ...

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It is officially autumn in these parts. In the Midwest, it is more properly called Fake Fall, the season f/k/a Indian Summer. It is a dangerous time of year for lawyers. If we set out a suit to wear at ...

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