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A New Twist on the "Reviled" Advocate Mar. 18, 2025
American criminal jurisprudence has been turned on its head. For centuries lawyers have been attacke... Read More
Patricia and Mark 'I'd Do It Again' McCloskey Have Earned Law License Suspension Sep. 23, 2021
Whatever tough-talking, populist-pandering nonsense Mark McCloskey tells voters in his U.S. Senate b... Read More
Stressing Over Accents Dec. 31, 2020
Dear Annie: Sometimes, in the course of conversation with someone who has an accent, I'll find mysel... Read More
Courts Can't Censor Jury Rights Flyers Sep. 26, 2020
Activists can't be jailed for telling jurors they're free to acquit defendants who break unjust laws... Read More
Donald Trump's Costanza Defense: The President's Lawyers Argue that Abuse of Power Is Not Impeachable Unless It Breaks the Law Jan. 22, 2020
"Was that wrong?" George Costanza asks in a 1991 episode of "Seinfeld" after his boss confronts him ... Read More
A Softy or a Sucker? Dec. 08, 2019
Dear Annie: One of my young relatives came to me when she was thrown out of her house at the age of ... Read More
Impeachment Charade -- Faculty Lounge Edition Dec. 06, 2019
Another chapter in the house impeachment melodrama unfolded this week. The proceedings shifted from ... Read More
Facebook's Folly Nov. 02, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg is certainly a genius, but not when it comes to understanding the First Amendment, m... Read More
Is the Impeachment Process Fair? Oct. 17, 2019
Last week, the White House legal counsel wrote to congressional leaders stating President Donald Tru... Read More
4 Secrets to Getting Deals Done Aug. 06, 2019
"My partner and I own a service business we've been trying to sell for some time. We finally found a... Read More
Coordinating the Move May. 19, 2019
Dear Edith: Please give me an idea of how to coordinate the sale of my present home with the move-in... Read More
More Self-Inflicted Presidential Legal Woes Jan. 24, 2019
Last week, the investigative arm of BuzzFeed sparked a media frenzy with a report claiming that two ... Read More
What Lawyers Won't Do to Help Your Business Oct. 30, 2018
"I hired an attorney a couple of weeks ago to help me prepare and negotiate a couple of contracts fo... Read More
When You Find Yourself in a Gray Area Oct. 23, 2018
Twice a year, I host a program for the New York State Bar Association targeting young lawyers who ar... Read More
Can President Trump Shoot Jim Comey? Jun. 07, 2018
Last weekend, the White House leaked a copy of a letter sent by President Donald Trump's legal team ... Read More
Trump's Lies Betray His Desperation Jun. 07, 2018
Here's what I hope Robert Mueller will conclude when he is done investigating Donald Trump's 2016 ca... Read More
Troublesome Questions for President Trump May. 03, 2018
In a startling revelation earlier this week, The New York Times published what it claims are 49 ques... Read More
A Special Kind of Giving Dec. 22, 2017
Several years ago, we had a problem with a merchant. We declined to pay a disputed bill and got a ca... Read More
Over by Thanksgiving Nov. 30, 2017
In August, when President Donald Trump's lawyers persuaded him to refrain from attacking independent... Read More
Slimy Similarities Between Weinstein and the DNC Are No Coincidence Nov. 09, 2017
Ronan Farrow is on a roll. Farrow's investigative reporting on the Harvey Weinstein scandal is putt... Read More
