Weekly Articles
When you lose the internet and hear your Dad telling you his rolodex works better.
When you lose the internet and hear your Dad telling you his rolodex works better.
The Way My Mother Tells The Story
... we didn't catch that fish. The guy in the background did. Still, Dad did ...
Yeats: September 1913
What need you, being come to sense, But fumble in a greasy till And add ...
Don’t Be So Easy On Yourself
Trying to sum up our risky business, my Dad used to quote President Nixon: "Failure ...
Song For The Walls
A lawyer is more than a mouthpiece. When it feels that nobody will ever hear ...
Gloryland
If you have friends in Gloryland Who left because of pain Thank God up there, ...
Chest Fever
And as my mind unweaves, I feel the freeze down on my knees. Chest Fever ...
Coal
And we'll keep on digging 'til the coming of the Lord Gabriel's trumpet sounds 'Cause ...
Temporary Like Achilles
Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them. Virgil Like all ...
‘Kindness’ Isn’t a Priority in Trial Lawyering and It Should Be
When I was coming up as a trial lawyer, I stayed hyper-focused on maintaining a ...
Daily Articles
More Patients Are Losing Their Doctors — And Trust in the Primary Care System
I would add that people I see in my practice have lost their faith in ...
Med Mal Plaintiffs (Still) Have Privacy Rights
It isn't often that Florida appellate courts elevate the privacy rights of plaintiffs over the ...
This Kind of Courthouse Reporting Reveals a Bias Against Plaintiffs
As reported in Law 360 ... The Florida Supreme Court's recent decision not to reinstate ...
What Do Trial Lawyers Have In Common With Teachers?
One of the better trial judges I have appeared in front of started as a ...
Punitive Damages
Punitive damage claims are heavily regulated. Your lawyer needs to understand how to plead them ...
Hospital Settles Missing Tumor Suit After Admitting It Can’t Find It
I have handled cases where records and reports went missing after the fact, but I ...
Lawyer Misconduct in Closing Can Get A Verdict Overturned
Defense lawyers who convince a judge to keep out evidence of prior similar accidents don't ...
Today’s Word
Indite Part of speech: verb Origin: Latin, 14th century Write; compose.
Insurance Defense Conflicts Update …
There is an update on a story I blogged about here, involving a defense firm ...
Today’s Quote
The truth is the light and the light is the truth. Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man ...