Archive for July 29th, 2008

Summer Reading

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Last fall I came across Michael Connelly’s novel The Lincoln Lawyer , and being the lover of just about any novel about lawyers (I was a big John Grisham fan in junior high and high school), I decided to give it a read.  It was a rather good book.

Having had this previous enjoyable experience with Mr. Connelly’s writing, I was eager to read his novel The Closers when I saw it sitting… and his half-brother Mickey Haller (who was the main character of The Lincoln Lawyer ).  I noticed when

lawyered up

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

of all my columns.

I have a lawyer and I’m not afraid to use him. Actually, that’s a lie. I do, in fact, have a lawyer but I am utterly afraid to use him.

Update: I am getting a divorce. Probably… a pay a lawyer an outlandish sum of money so they can turn your completely logical ideas…. X’s lawyer writes document. Posts it to me (even though X could have just given it to me when we… route to MY lawyer, for no apparent reason other than a build up of “this sucks”, I start to cry

The Politics Of Race

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

The Politics Of Race

It is abundantly clear that the politics of race has slowly and surely brought to this country to the brink of disaster.

We are a nation divided, kept from strength by divisive policies that constantly remind us of our differences rather than our similarities and, in doing so, breed distrust and weakness. We have been reduced to nothing more than representatives of our different ethnic communities. Instead of being husband, father, wife, mother, child, lawyer, artist

$470,000 Award Upheld in Connecticut Truck Accident

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

costly injury fees. An experienced truck accident lawyer will be able to handle these situations

Starting To Build Credit Need A Credit Card

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

in it is to please do not call my job in the lawyer called last month, cap one is suing me

Columnist Chased by Lawyer, After Accident, Has Brain Tumor | ABA Journal - Law News Now

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Tour

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Posted Jul 28, 2008, 02:39 pm CDT… and didn’t stop last week until a lawyer chased him down on a bicycle was diagnosed a few days… by Lawyer, After Accident, Has Brain Tumor Read the complete article at: http://www.abajournal.com/news/columnist_chased_by_lawyer_after_accident_has_brain_tumor

For Three Law Firms, Gitmo Cases Weren’t Strictly Pro Bono | ABA Journal - Law News Now

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

donated about 4,000 hours of pro bono time.

Shearman lawyer Thomas Wilner told Washington Times

Proposed Illinois Bill Would Ban Street-Crossers from Text-Messaging | ABA Journal - Law News Now

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

by Lawyer, After Accident, Has Brain Tumor

Jul 28, 2008, 02:39 pm CDT Accused Ringleader in 1979 Murder

Tracking a Serial Rapist, via Cell Phone Records | ABA Journal - Law News Now

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Columnist Chased by Lawyer, After Accident, Has Brain Tumor

Jul 28, 2008, 02:39 pm CDT

Accused Ringleader in 1979 Murder of Federal Judge Dies of Cancer | ABA Journal - Law News Now

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

an older brother, Lee, who became a flamboyant El Paso, Texas, lawyer after graduating at the top…; and a younger brother, Joe, who also was an El Paso lawyer. Joe Chagra served 6 1/2 years in prison for his