by Experience, Dedication, Results | Sep 16, 2011
A phrase we often here these days is “social intelligence” to indicate how people read and use the social signals that produce success in relationships of all kinds. Negotiation is one such social skill, and I submit we are engaged in it every day...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Sep 15, 2011
Another attorney called me today to ask if I might be interested in a couple of referrals. We reviewed the matters. As if often the case, I separated the “wheat from the chaff” by applying a few heuristics of case selection: a compelling...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Sep 12, 2011
I am 2011 Chair of the Orange County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section. Today (9/12/2011) our Section hosted a joint session with the “Business Litigation” Section, and had about 200 attorneys, past Bar President, other Section Chairs,...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Sep 12, 2011
My professional Association, the Orange County Bar Association, has just created a new Section, named the “Masters Division.” While the term “master” could be inflated, it at least recognizes that some practitioners have managed to endure...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Sep 12, 2011
I love classical music. It combines the best of the form of creative structure and the creatitve, often emotional content that fills the structure. Codas, counterpoints, tempo, motifs, rhythm, harmony, balance, recurrent themes, introductions and...
by Experience, Dedication, Results | Sep 7, 2011
Yesterday I wrote on how Gov. Jerry Brown, while State Attorney General, failed to uphold his oath to support and defend the State Constitution. The California State Constitution was amended by popular initiative [Prop. 8] to define “marriage”...
