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Too good to pass up . . . doggie’s ‘welcome home.’ 27 Aug 2013 | 12:50 am
My own dogs are antidotes to my otherwise indefatigable standing as counsellor ‘curmudgeon’ in residence. So I make no apologies for remaining a ‘sucker’ for heartwarming dog stories. Besides, today ...
Prosecutorial misconduct and trifling with perfection. 26 Aug 2013 | 04:24 am
Here’s a switch, last week Brian Schowalter, a criminal defense lawyer in Durango, Colorado was on the receiving end of a grand jury indictment brought by the district attorney who alleged Schowalter ...
Montezuma strikes. 13 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Against the advice of loved ones, I’ll admit to having frequented the drive-through Mexican eatery making the local news the past week. But fortunately for me, I wasn’t craving a carnitas taco or a be...
Stair surfing pooch and more FREE CLE. 2 Aug 2013 | 10:34 am
I’ve said before that non-lawyers don’t give a rip about continuing legal education (CLE) and whether or not lawyers pay for it or get it gratis. And truth be known, were it not for CLE being mandator...
Bad Mexican restaurants in a bad dining town. 31 Jul 2013 | 10:24 am
I knew that when I saw the fly doing the breaststroke in the salsa bar salsa, I should’ve walked out. But no. I paid for my purchase at that divey Mexican restaurant and took home my large bowl of ta...
Survey says lawyers at bottom. 18 Jul 2013 | 07:40 am
For unhappy souls toiling in a soul-killing legal vineyard but dreaming of exiting to something else — like screenwriting dimwitted sitcoms or egesting superfluous legal thrillers or of IRAC-ing ‘grea...
Same story, different day for “irresistible” Melissa Nelson. 16 Jul 2013 | 02:16 am
So much for the national outcry following the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision upholding the firing of Melissa Nelson. She was the dental assistant fired by Dr. James Knight for supposedly being too attr...
Aging fearlessly with joy. 9 Jul 2013 | 09:11 am
Unlike then 102-year old Oscar Niemeyer who after 100 years, said “it’s all crap,” author and neurologist Oliver Sacks says he “does not think of old age as an even grimmer time that one must somehow ...
“Hernandezing,” one more bite, and last minute Free CLE. 30 Jun 2013 | 07:39 am
On the day before the fiscal year-end deadline for lawyers hunting last-minute free online continuing legal education (CLE), here are a few disconnected posts. And with the usual disclaimers, one is a...
Overused lawyer trope: “I will fight for you” — even if sometimes they duke it out. 24 Jun 2013 | 08:37 am
One of the most hackneyed lawyer advertising slogans is the overused ‘hired gun‘ trope: “I will fight for you.” It’s a phrase particularly worn out by personal injury lawyers. Indeed, there’s a lawye...
