With yesterday’s commutation of Roger Stone, the House of Representatives now has two obvious constitutional grounds to again impeach Mr. Trump. The public communications between both men, and Trump’s own tweets and other statements, demonstrate a quid pro quo between Stone’s loyalty to the president and his lying to Congress and otherwise staying silent, and […]
It had been plain to reasonable-minded citizens for nearly three years that Mr. Trump was unfit for office, was trashing the rule of law, was implementing racist and nationalist policies, and was personally profiting off his office. It became more plain last fall when the Ukraine matter became public. In March we saw how incompetent […]
Adventures of an Older New Attorney In the roughly six months since I posted about my first steps as a “new” attorney, I’ve been juggling multiple responsibilities, while working to set up my law office. I completed the last steps of startup by releasing my firm website last week, and yesterday I posted my first […]
In the early morning hours of November 9th, 2016, I sobbed myself back to sleep, after confirming my worst fears about the outcome of the presidential election. I’m sure I was not the only one. The catastrophe we now see unfolding before us is one reason we all cried. I applaud the actions of N.Y. […]
Having observed the presidential news conferences of the past few days, I am compelled to repeat my ongoing sentiment. First, I lay the groundwork. President Trump is spouting lies and irrelevant information. Many in the White House press corps are encouraging or at least facilitating this by asking questions about details at a granular level. […]
Adventures of an Older New Attorney North Carolina’s Rules of Professional Conduct encourage attorneys to provide fifty hours of pro bono publico (“for the good of the public”) service per year. Many states have a similar provision, and some require attorneys to report their pro bono service, while they do not mandate that such service […]
Adventures of An Older New Attorney Having accomplished my goal of passing the North Carolina bar exam while qualified for Medicare, the time has come to continue this series of posts under a new title. While it is true that I have practiced law before, I have not done so in more than thirty years […]
Sixty-Five-Year-Old-Man Takes Bar Exam The Board of Law Examiners of North Carolina turns around examination results pretty quickly, as such things go. In many states July examinees won’t get their results until November, as did I when I took the Florida exam forty-two years ago. My congratulatory letter arrived today, making for a happy end […]
For the past nine days I’ve been packing to move me and the Ohio portion of my family’s belongings back to our home in Durham, North Carolina. There is no doubt in my mind that, although I grew up in South Florida, Durham has been my home for some time. Before coming to Cincinnati ten […]
Sixty-Five-Year-Old Man Takes Bar Exam While I wait for the results of last month’s marathon test, I thought that I’d give you the answers to a question that friends and family have been asking me since I started on this journey last winter: Ken, after leaving law practice three decades ago and building a successful […]