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Two Practices, One Life: Why Your Life Outside The Law Matters
Published on 2010-12-21 15:53:00
My practice is important to me. I am up just about everyday at 5 AM working to build that practice. Get better at it. Take it further. It’s a solo practice in case you were wondering. No partners – and I like it that way. Yes, I practice yoga for > read more
Drive Your Own Car
Published on 2010-10-19 06:07:00
I can’t tell you how often in my life I have instructed other drivers in the error of their ways from the high and mighty vantage point of my car. From turn signals to stop signs to speeding to not speeding, others rarely drove how I would w > read more
Haste Makes Waste (The Tao of Law Series)
Published on 2010-10-12 16:31:00
This is a series of short posts (they have to be short given how few words Lao Tzu needed to lay out the Tao) showing how the Tao te Ching can help improve your practice of law – and life.“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles a > read more
5 Things My Son's Stay In The Hospital Taught Me About The Practice Of Law
Published on 2010-10-12 05:19:00
Last week I was unexpectedly in New York City at Beth Israel Hospital for five days to be with my son who underwent emergency abdominal surgery. In the course of watching the care he received I noted a few points that seemed applicable to us lawyers > read more
No Bucket List for Me
Published on 2010-09-26 16:30:00
It seems a fad to have a Bucket List. You know. That list of things you want to do, indeed, must do, before you die. There are books called 100 Things To Do Before You Die, “1000 Place To See Before You Die” (apparently different from > read more
Be A Person Who Practices Law
Published on 2010-09-21 21:58:00
This is a series of short posts (they have to be short given the few words Lao Tzu needed in the first place) about how the Tao te Ching can help improve your practice of law – and life."Do your work and step back, the only way to serenity.” (No. > read more
Ricky Nelson on the Tao of Law (Statement No. 1)
Published on 2010-09-08 22:26:00
This is a series of short posts (they have to be short given how few words Lao Tzu needed to lay out the Tao) showing how the Tao te Ching can help improve your practice of law. I am working from the translation by Stephen Mitchell.“When you are c > read more
In Memoriam: Jim and Jo's
Published on 2010-08-31 21:29:00
since 1946,from a trailer hard by the midway, jim & jo’shave proudly sold their chili dogsat the minnesota state fair.limeade is the only drink served – and is“made with spring water”.while the midway has lost its burlesque, its freak > read more
The Tao Of Law: Ten Statements
Published on 2010-08-30 22:42:00
One book that I have turned to again and again to inform my leadership, practice of law and life is the Tao te Ching. It’s a small book. And its title means, essentially, “The Book Of The Way.” About its author, Lao-tzu, little can be said b > read more
Urban Servant Corps Charity Dinner
Published on 2010-08-12 22:38:00
The executive director of the Urban Servant Corps made the high bid for a dinner with Charlotte and I in a charity auction to benefit Urban Servant Corps. here in Denver (I'm on the Board). Here's what we are serving them this > read more