Lawyers

The dust over the almost unprecedented press barrage initiated by the Santa Fe District Attorney over the catastrophic Alec Baldwin shooting on the set of “Rust” has begun to settle. Unquestionably, though, one can expect a blinding sandstorm once the case begins in earnest, if it proceeds to trial. I…

Having survived multiple potentially lethal Cancer diagnosis, having my own bone marrow depleted, and replaced by the bone marrow (stem cells) of my older brother James who at the time suffered from his own incurable, potentially lethal diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, having gone on thereafter to be an attentive father…

In this article, I identify three things that I hear regularly in conversations around legal tech. While many of these things might seem obviously true at first glance, I try to explain why there is more to them than meets the eye. 1. “Features matter the most” The problem When embarking on a legal tech project, it’s…

Mark Hull (Lawyer): The Secret of Success Is Doing Something That Excites You Every Day When striving for success, the apparent move may be to follow a predictable path. A path that others have driven before to pave the way to success. But, as poet Robert Frost taught us all…

Check back daily for brief dispatches during multi-day hearing — Former Oregon attorney Lori Deveny is currently being sentenced in the state’s criminal case against her. The hearing began today and is slated for for the next seven business days. Dozens of Deveny’s victims will testify, along with various professionals who worked on the case for the prosecution or for…

It’s been awhile since I left BigLaw. Almost 15 years. The viral post about the vitriolic text message that a mother on maternity leave received from a firm partner has me thinking about it all over again…and the anxiety returns like it was yesterday. I wasn’t a mom yet. I…

A robot lawyer walks into multiple state bars… By Matthew Humphries The world’s first robot lawyer will no longer help a British man challenge a speeding ticket in court ,after threats of prosecution and jail time were made (to the creator of the lawyer, not the AI). The robot lawyer…

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