“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela Most would readily agree that Nelson Mandela was a great statesman and a great leader who tirelessly worked to add dignity to the struggle for racial justice. Not only was he able to save countless lives by avoiding a civil war and working to create […] Read More
My Story: What Drives Me to Do What I Do
Choosing to be intimately involved in other people’s divorces might seem from the outside to be a masochistic experience. You meet clients at their absolute worst moments, when everything is falling apart and going downhill… and then it only gets worse. In some ways, what I do is the legal equivalent of emergency room triage. […] Read More
The Truth About Lawyers
“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.” – Charles Dickens As we previously discussed, people often feel skepticism towards lawyers, because they believe attorneys charge too much, live an “other” lifestyle, and sometimes act in Machiavellian fashion, representing clients for money and/or prestige without really caring about the ethics or […] Read More
Imagining a World Without Lawyers
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” — William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2 Mocking and rueful, most people believe that Dick the Butcher’s famous line in Shakespeare’s Henry VI expresses the average person’s frustration with the complexity and mysteries of law and that we would all be better off without lawyers. […] Read More
What are 5 Financially Dangerous Habits That Some Men Adopt After Divorce, and How Can You Avoid Them?
After a divorce, you might unintentionally adopt bad money habits; these can make the process of picking up the pieces that much harder and compromise your ability to support your children, take your career to the next level and plan for long horizon projects, like a big trip or retirement. Here are 5 common destructive […] Read More