I became a lawyer because of an experience I had as a teenager in traffic court, seeing how the truth could prevail in the adversarial system, despite a deck stacked against you. Today, I sat as a pro tem judge… Continue Reading
A lawyer in Milwaukee received what seems to be a most unusual way of a client paying his fee — a severed goat’s head in a large gift bag left deposited on her office’s doorstep. Personally, I prefer being paid… Continue Reading
In about two hours, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is expected to announce his resignation. It’s about time. I know very well that the job of the Attorney General is frequently controversial. The Attorney General is supposed to be a lightning… Continue Reading
Roses are red, Violets are blue. If you have to drive to Stinking Bakersfield (because some idiot isn’t complying with the terms of an extremely generous settlement that you granted him seven goddamn weeks ago just to end a case… Continue Reading
The ongoing collapse of the U.S. Justice Department’s upper echelons continued today, with the resignation of the head of the Civil Rights Division. Unlike many of the other resignations, this Assistant Attorney General (political appointee) had nothing to do with… Continue Reading
A friend told a story tonight at dinner about the local personal injury attorney, who adopts a folksy manner in court. Up against a mid-level insurance defense firm associate at trial, he showed up in court wearing boots and sitting… Continue Reading
Maybe one day I’ll be a full-fledged judge, maybe not. But nothing will ever change the fact that my first act as a judicial officer was to sign a warrant for some guy’s arrest. At a judgment debtor examination, the… Continue Reading
…And that title will be the last time I go to the “Laugh-In” well of jokes. Younger Readers likely won’t get the reference at all. I’m excited to finally have my first pro tem opportunity today. It came at an… Continue Reading
First, I figured out how to post from my cell phone. (See post below.) Second, I finally got called up as a temporary judge! My first assignment is tomorrow afternoon in Santa Clarita. That means I need to really crank… Continue Reading
I wrote before about Jeri Thompson, Presidential non-candidate Fred Thompson’s smoking-hot wife and the subject of the “ogling” non-controversy. Now, it turns out I got a detail wrong (although it also turns out I’m in plenty of good company): apparently,… Continue Reading