Second (of five) in ‘Sense’ posts (Listening, from last week) on how litigation unfolds, according to our five senses. “Looking but not seeing is the hearing but not understanding of the eye.” Mokokona Mokhonoana I’ve had the privilege to work with some experts at the top of their fields. But I’ve never been more impressed than I […]
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. Ernest Hemingway When I walked into my first job as a lawyer, Charles Morehead gave me some of the best advice I ever got. The Firm was a competitive shark tank teeming with talented predators – so these […]
“He sat for a moment, looking hurt and confused and not quite able to digest all this terrible news. Then he cried out: …”Oh … Jesus! What in the name of God is happening in the Country? Where can you get away from it?” “Not here,” I said, picking up my bag. “Thanks for the […]
On May 6, 1968, the 82nd Airborne gave my Dad a leadership award called the “Iron Duke”, even though he was JAG and the regulars should have disliked him. That ought to tell you as much as you need to know about him. I’ve still got the heavy trophy in my office. We lived in […]
From DOJ as reported in the Fort Myers News Press (A Gannet paper) “Today’s settlement demonstrates our unwavering commitment to protect the Medicare trust fund against unscrupulous providers,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “Providers who waste taxpayer dollars by billing for unnecessary services will […]
I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling ’bout half past dead I just need some place where I can lay my head Hey, mister, can you tell me, where a man might find a bed? He just grinned and shook my hand, “No” was all he said. The Band, The Weight In June of this year, […]
His friends called him Colonel. And he died the other day in the town where he grew up – Parkersburg, West Virginia. John Pfalzgraf was a child of The Greatest Generation. He worked for banks and accounting firms throughout his life but was mostly known as a fighter pilot (Marine during Viet Nam and Air Force […]
My work takes me to strange places. I’ve attended autopsies in Atlanta, crashed plane inspections at small rural airports, multi-day car and truck inspections in salvage yards, surreal crash sites and countless hospital and rehabilitation settings to witness and record clients struggling to overcome devastating injuries. Eyewitness observation of a client’s experiences can be essential to understanding […]
In 1962, I was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. My parents were young co-eds at the University. Mom was a Chi Omega and Dad a Phi Psi. She taught at a local school on the side and he played basketball and served as the Mountaineer mascot. I remember my phone ringing in my room at […]
My chosen profession has been under attack (literally) my entire professional life. The year I took the Florida Bar (1987), President George Herbert Walker Bush declared war on “tassled loafed lawyers” as he pushed for tort reform sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and other business and special interest organizations. His son, Jeb Bush, later […]
