Read Simple Justice’s “Two Professions, Both Calling Themselves Lawyers”
Scott Greenfield, Esquire, of Simple Justice, March 17, 2013: “For quite a while, it’s been clear that there are lawyers and those who, when faced with the hard work of developing a practice, including the competencies that are required to do so, aren’t up to the task. This is reflected in the nonsense promoted by
Twelve tips to a law school senior
A few thoughts. 1. Law school mostly wasted your time. Sorry. Much of what you learned in law school will never apply to you in real-life practice. Unless you are a banking attorney, you will probably never encounter a UCC article 3 or article 9 issue and if you do, you will do so once
Liquor License Liability for Car Crashes in Maryland
Baltimore Sun, March 11, 2013: “If you’re going to load up somebody with liquor, at least be responsible so they don’t get behind the wheel,” said the Rev. William Warr of Urbana , the child’s disabled grandfather who, with his wife, Angela, were raising Jazimen and her sister Cortavia Harris. Cortavia suffered a broken hip in the
Good alternatives to drunk driving on or about St. Patrick’s Day.
Every day is a good day not to drive drunk or while impaired by alcohol (or by anything else), but the holidays (broadly defined) that for some are an occasion to drink, possibly to excess or in inappropriate connection to driving, are an especially good day to refrain from not driving under the influence. There
Cultural Competence and Advising Law Clients
If you practice anywhere in the U.S., but especially in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural region such as most of Maryland, it’s important to stay ahead on cultural issues – both to be aware of common cultural patterns AND not to indulge mere stereotypes regarding cultural patterns. The key word are “awareness” and “attention.” Sometimes little things
Field Trip to the Maryland Court of Appeals
On May 1, 2013, I will attend and observe the court proceedings of the Maryland Court of Appeals in Annapolis. There are four cases on the docket: Attorney Grievance Commission v. Dean Clayton Kremer, AGC v. Jason Kobin, a family law, protective order and malicious prosecution case Joanna Anthony v. Peter Garrity and Ocean City,
Lexis-Nexis goes full purple cadillac/pink fur/long cigarette Pimptastic
The second stupidest event of my day was encountering a RiteAid employee in Reisterstown who, seeing my customer loyalty card application, wanted to take it from me, asked me to identify aloud to her precisely what highly personal or less personal items I was in the drug store to buy, and told me that her
Licensing of Private Process Servers
Maryland Senate Bill 554, sponsored by Senator Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery) – would enact a licensing system for private process servers in Maryland, titled the Maryland Private Process Servers Act. My first thought about this proposal was “Excellent.” My practice and those of my friends have been plagued by unreliable, even fraudulent, process service issues at
Maryland unemployment fraudsters sentenced to nine years
Montgomery [County MD] Gazette, February 1, 2013: A D.C. man who ran a theft and credit card scam and other fraud schemes from his Rockville business, was sentenced in federal court in Maryland to nine years in prison Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Ellen L Hollander also sentenced Amiee Arora, 32, of Washington, D.C., to pay
When attorneys self-destruct – a few thoughts….
Practicing law is an “A- minus” stress profession. It’s not stressful like being a correctional officer or a soldier or Marine, or an air traffic controller or a bomb squad agent. But within the second tier of professional stress, it can be severe. Our profession has a higher than average rate of alcoholism, drug abuse
