I was in the middle of a merger deal, working 80 hours a week, for about two months. For weeks, I’d been telling the partner, I was best man in an upcoming wedding and I couldn’t work Saturday the 5th. He assured me that I’d be fine. “For God’s sake, what kind of monster do you…
Professor Purr Monster: Legal Lessons I Learned From My Cat
I’m not one to spend all day explaining to people how intuitive my cats are. But at the same time, I think there are a few lessons my brood has taught me over the years. I don’t just mean that they will pee on my bed in retribution for me going away for a long…
10 Creative Voir Dire Questions We Wish We Could Ask
In which we offer ten options for voir dire questions to the attorneys bold enough to use these less conventional alternatives. All ten are a good way to learn important things about potential jurors. Like if you’ll win.
Top 5 Reasons Why Attorneys Become Litigators
Litigation is the common path for most young attorneys. In law school, the vast majority of subjects are taught through case law, i.e., litigation. In fact, most transactional courses are presented through the litigation lens: contracts, debtor/creditor, real estate transactions, etc. So it’s no surprise that most law school grads head straight to the litigation…
An Open Letter to Commercial Litigators
Why am I writing you this open letter? Simply put, you are a disgrace to the litigating community.
Bitter Brief 17: Skinamax, Words with Friends, and the New WWITB Standard
The What What in the Butt parody case, Words with Friends, and a skinamatic turn toward the surreal. This one is NSFW.
Trudging Towards the End of Summer
The law firm calendar has reached that page in the summer where there is absolutely nothing of importance going on in the office.
Grabbing Hope from the Jaws of Defeat
I am a lawyer that loses in some facet almost every day of the work-week. But that’s the thing, it’s part of what I bargained for so that I could be in this business.
Howard Stern Wack Packer "Elegant" Suing for $21 Million
We sat down with Howard Stern Wack Packer “Elegant” Elliot Offen and talked about his $21 million dollar lawsuit against a Miami hotel for malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Elegant claims that he was a guest at the hotel and that while in the hotel lobby he was thrown out because he…
Buy This Book and Become an Expert Ambulance Chaser. Or Not.
This is not a paid advertisement. This is just me ranting about attorneys masquerading as experts. As a member of a state bar, two federal bars and three bar associations it is unsurprising that my contact information lands in the hands of many different people that want my time and money. Every day at the…