Thứ Năm, 30 tháng 6, 2011

Spencer Aronfeld Responds to His Critics.....One By One.


 Spencer Aronfeld's latest book, Make It Your Own Law Firm, is available for sale on Amazon (you can even download it to your Kindle).

But like anything Amazon sells, that means Spence is subject to the slings and arrows of commenters like Lonnie from Lake County, IL who didn't like the book too much:
I bought this book after reading a negative review for another book and then reading the reviewers other reviews which recommended this book. It must be a plant. Seriously, this book gives no practical information on how to start a law firm. How it can be called a guide to managing and marketing a firm are beyond me.

His advice on marketing your firm is to read the E-Myth. Well, if I wanted to read the E-Myth as to how to market, I would have bought the E-Myth.

Another piece of advice is to buy the book "How to Start Your Own Law Practice." Isn't that what your book is supposed to do?

Want to know how to open your trust account? He suggests going to the bank and reading the local rules. What insight! I would have never guessed I needed a bank to open a trust account.

The book is little more than an autobiographical blog and not worth the price paid or reading if you are thinking of opening a firm. I wish there was a way to get my money back. Live and learn.
But Spence was right there with a response and a money-back guarantee:
Dear Lonnie I read your review today and I am sorry that you were not helped by my book. I certainly wrote it to provide guidance and inspiration to law students who are faced with the prospect of graduating and not having a job as a lawyer. I know you are an accomplished and experienced lawyer. This book was written for law students... I note that most of the books you have reviewed are related to cycling. I am a former cyclist and raced for many years.

Lonnie, In any event, there is a way you can have your money back. Send me proof of your actual purchase of the book on Kindle, because your review does not indicate that you are in fact a "verified purchaser" to me directly at: aronfeld@aronfeld.com and I will personally write you a check back or donate the money to the charity of your choice. You decide.

I realized that when I wrote this book and put my time, effort, heart and soul into it, it would not please everyone. I am sorry you were disappointed in it and wish you the best in your legal career.
I actually like the way Spence handles this.  The reference to cycling is a way to build trust and develop a relationship, he praises Lonnie as a accomplished attorney, and then offers his money back.

(The insinuation that Lonnie never actually bought the book is a nice touch.)

Why can't AT&T act like this?

Thứ Tư, 29 tháng 6, 2011

3d DCA Watch -- Opinions Spring From Brows Edition!

 The 3d will have one less bunker inhabitant as Judge Gersten enters the world of non-recycled gym equipment and finds that not every bathroom sink in every major commercial law firm is bolted to the wall.

(On the other hand, he's going to Bilzin so you just never know.)

In any event, say farewell and best wishes to the good Judge tomorrow -- event details here.

In other news, Judge Shepherd gets pretty pointed in a dissent from a withdrawn motion for rehearing en banc and tosses around big words and important concepts like stare decisis and brows out of which legal opinions spring fully formed.

Opinions from brows, a perfect image for a comic book -- isn't it about time the 3d starts issuing illustrated orders?

Read all about it here.

LoCascio v. LoCascio:

Judge Schwartz thinks the proceedings below have been "over-protracted."

For those keeping score, that is one grade worse than just plain "protracted."

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Bismarck's Descendant Is At It Again!



When last we checked in on everyone's favorite SD FL pro se litigant, the busy descendant of Bismarck and Erica Jung was before Judge Zloch articulating a conspiracy involving British intelligence, David Rockefeller, and three children codenamed by the Nazis as "Squirt, Stinky, and Spike."

Now Mr. Delaney is back with a fresh complaint before Judge Martinez, and he has expanded his blockbuster allegations to include Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, President Obama, Pope John Paul, the entire Royal Family (not Pippa!) and of course the Pointer Sisters.

Read on and be amazed and/or stupefied, depending on just how much you trust Detective Kato of the Honolulu Police Department.......

Law Updates for June 24, 2011

Gizaw, 36 FLW 1266, 2nd DCA, Constructive Possession - Error to deny JOA where State did not establish defendant's constructive possession of cannabis discovered in suitcase in trunk of defendant's car during a permissive search.  No independent proof that defendant had knowledge of presence of can or had dominion and control over suitcase containing cannabis where suitcase contained no fingerprints, only other items in suitcase were jeans of a size fitting passenger and defendant's unrefuted testimony establishing defendant was not in the exclusive possession of vehicle as the passenger had keys to vehicle and access to trunk.  State failed to show the $939 cash in defendant's possession was in any way connected with dealing of cannabis as defendant's unrefuted testimony that money was for school.

Fernandez. 36 FLW 1274, 3rd DCA, Trial court improperly denied motion to suppress evidence obtained when police, surveilling defendant's home which was surrounded by tall fences and remote-controlled gates, capitalized on defendant's opening the gate for the purpose of his leaving the property by quickly entering the property and blocking the defendant's exit, after which the defendant refused to sign a consent form for a search but nonetheless opened the door for the police, who entered and found 144 marijuana plants.  Officer entered the opened gate committed a trespass.  Opening of the gate was not an open invitation to the public, or by extension to the police.  Consent later granted was tainted and no brake in the chain of earlier events.

Dortch. 36 FLW 1302, 1st DCA, Fleeing and eluding - Reversible and harmful error to allow into evidence that the car the defendant was in fleeing was stolen three months earlier.  Evidence was not necessary to describe events that took place after car was stopped and defendant fled, justification for the pursuit was not a material fact in dispute.


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Thứ Ba, 28 tháng 6, 2011

New Rule -- No Dumb Discovery Objections!

Dumb Objections Order

Wouldn't it be great to live in a world where you didn't have to see boilerplate, utterly meaningless discovery objections, devoid of content and existing in some suspended state of phantom word jumble, where you know they're there and yet they are also not there?

Well Magistrate Judge Simonton wants to put a stop to such verbal detritus, and her general discovery order outlines a vision for a better, more substantive discovery world, where people answer interrogatories in good faith and no one interposes "vague" or "overbroad" objections unless there's a really good reason.

Take a gander and you may have a tear in your eye by the time you're finished:
The parties shall not make nonspecific, boilerplate objections....Objections that state that a discovery request is "vague, overly broad, or unduly burdensome" are, standing alone, meaningless, and will be found meritless by this Court.....

If there is an objection based upon an unduly broad scope, such as time frame or geographic location, discovery should be provided as to those matters within the scope which is not disputed.....

An objection that a discovery request is irrelevant and not reasonably calculated to lead to admissible evidence must include a specific explanation describing why the request lacks relevance and why the information sought will not reasonably lead to admissible evidence.....

The parties shall not recite a formulaic objection followed by an answer to the request. It has become common practice for a Party to object on the basis of any of the above reasons, and then state that "notwithstanding the above," the Party will respond to the discovery request, subject to or without waiving such objection. Such an objection and answer preserves nothing and serves only to waste the time and resources of both the Parties and the Court. Further, such practice leaves the requesting Party uncertain as to whether the question has actually been fully answered or whether only a portion of the question has been answered.
In other words, welcome to Discovery Shangri-La.

(Feels good, doesn't it?)

Thứ Hai, 27 tháng 6, 2011

Your Monday Morning Glenn Garvin Sift.



Hi folks, do you know which summer camp to take your kids to this morning?

I don't know about you, but I can feel the summer exodus beginning, as the work load slows down, lawyers arrive later at work, judges cancel their hearings, and Joe Zumpano reflects on the value of humility.

Ahh, the rhythm of the seasons.

Comparing Glenn Garvin's review of Hot Coffee with the NYT's review is like, well, comparing the Miami Herald to the New York Times.

Hey, look at how nice the Washington Times is to Miami labor lawyer Patricia Ireland, who "infested" DC with NOW and their feminist claptrap (I'm paraphrasing):
Analysis: She gets paid to call Governor Rick Scott the devil while exploiting the proletariat. How liberal.
Wait a second -- I thought that's what I did.

Finally, congratulations to Justin Sayfie, now try to reign in the bald one please.

See?

Thứ Bảy, 25 tháng 6, 2011

Thứ Sáu, 24 tháng 6, 2011

Ancillary Rothstein Proceedings Churn On.

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The latest Rothstein news comes from Judge Cooke, who denied TD Bank's motion to stay a civil suit pending before her on the grounds that TD's former Regional Vice President, Frank Spinosa, is about to be indicted and therefore TD can't mount an effective defense:
TD Bank seeks a stay of this civil action pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against Frank Spinosa, its former Regional Vice President. The Government has not indicted Mr. Spinosa. Shortly before the close of fact discovery in this case, TD Bank deposed Plaintiff’s corporate representative, and several of its partners and agents. Two of Plaintiff’s deponents testified about an alleged September 25, 2009 meeting and an alleged August 17, 2009 phone call where Mr. Spinosa made false representations to Plaintiff. The crux of TD Bank’s Motion is that these are new allegations, and that it cannot defend itself against them because Mr. Spinosa has invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Thus, TD Bank seeks a stay of these civil proceedings.
Judge Cooke doesn't buy it:
In light of the allegations in Plaintiff’s Complaint, Plaintiff’s deponents’ testimony that Mr. Spinosa made misrepresentations in an August 17, 2009 phone call and in a September 25, 2009 meeting can hardly be characterized as “new allegations.” This case should not be stayed merely because TD Bank waited until just before close of fact discovery to take the deposition of Plaintiff’s corporate representative, agents, and partners. That Mr. Spinosa would invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege is also not new information. Mr. Spinosa invoked the privilege on June 10, 2010 and December 3, 2010, in two other cases, and he invoked the privilege in a February 17, 2011 deposition in this case.
Hmm, not to put too fine a point on it.

Should Lawyers Charge Taxpayers for an Airport Apple?


Ahh government work.

If you bill government entities for your time, inevitably someone wants to, you know, look at your expenses and see whether your billings are reasonable.

Why can't they just act like big corporations and let all this stuff slide?

Take St. Pete Beach, where taxpayers are apparently incensed that Miami lawyers from Bryant Miller Olive travel there and then expense ridiculous things -- like bottled water and an apple -- just to do the city's majestically boring and mind-numbingly dull legal work:
But Weiss says the city is allowing the law firm to bill tax payers for money it doesn't deserve. For example, the retainer agreement does not say attorneys should get their hourly rate for travel, but the firm charges $205 an hour in addition to the cost of air fare when attorney's travel from offices in Miami and Tallahassee.

Weiss says when lawyers travel from the Miami office to the area it is $615 dollars to get them here and then they charge three hours going back.

In addition, Weiss says the out of town attorneys charge for everything. He says some of the strange things include a lawyer charging $600 dollars to fly here, getting paid $205 an hour and then charging the city $2.10 for a bottle of water and $1.00 for an apple they buy at the airport. He says there is no concern for the taxpayer. 
Three dollars and ten cents just to sustain a Miami lawyer's insatiable need for water and a light snack?

What an outrage.

By that I mean, what an outrage that an attorney from our city has to go to St. Pete Beach for business!

Whatever happened to fancy dinners in Vegas, New York, LA -- this poor schmuck has to travel to some podunk backwater and suffer the indignity of having her one dollar airport apple purchase dissected by an irate citizen.

Like I said, government work.....

Thứ Năm, 23 tháng 6, 2011

Dwyane Wade Wins Something!



Well D Wade didn't win a title this year, but he (through his school entity) did beat the plaintiff on a summary judgment motion that was pending before Judge Marra.
The basic premise of Lichfield’s complaint is that it signed an agreement with Next Generation’s predecessor, fulfilled its portion of the contract, and deserves compensation from Next Generation pursuant to the agreement. The crux of the litigation is whether the consulting agreement contains a scrivener’s error or whether the parties intended the agreement to apply to a not-yet-formed entity called Dwyane Wade Schools of Florida, LLC. The affidavits conflict on this point as Bruce Fein’s affidavit, which supports Lichfield’s Motion for Summary Judgment, states that the misnaming of the party in the consulting agreement was a simple scrivener’s error. [Fein Aff. ¶¶ 5, 6]. In Mark Rodberg’s affidavit submitted by Next Generation in opposition to the motion, Mr. Rodberg attests that the agreement was intended to be between Lichfield and a corporate entity to be formed, and that it was not a contract with Defendant. therefore, Next Generation owes Lichfield nothing pursuant to the contract [Rodberg Aff. ¶¶ 9, 10]. Because the affidavits conflict on this critical issue, summary judgment cannot be granted.
If the above recitation of facts is accurate, this seems like a really dumb issue to move for summary judgment on, no?

Or am I missing something?

Law Updates for June 17, 2011

A.L.T., 36 FLW 1203, 4th DCA, Exceed scope of consent - Asked juvenile if he could search juvenile for weapons or drugs and then went through his wallet without further consent, finding an ID card of an elderly women whose home the juvenile later confessed to burglarizing.  Reasonable person would understand that the consent to search would constitute an agreement to only search for weapons or drugs.

Evans, 36 FLW 1205, 4th DCA, Prosecutorial Misconduct - Fundamental Error - State argument implied tampering by a witness without any evidence and of improper contact by that witness.  "they had three weeks to think of something and that they concocted their story."

Wheeler, 36 FLW 1239, 5th DCA, Search and Seizure-Vehicle-Curtilage - Where search warrant of a residence authorized search of any vehicle located within the resident's curtilage, search of defendant's car not authorized where the car was partially overlapping the portion of the driveway outside the chainlink fence surrounding the residence on but was not blocking ingress and egress to the property.  The fact that the homeowner chose to enclose the yard with a fence and defendant's vehicle was parked outside the fence is the most compelling factor.

Diaz, 36 FLW 1242, 5th DCA, hearsay - Error for trial court to admit testimony regarding an anonymous tip to police identifying defendant as a suspect where person who tipped off the police never testified at trial and testimony regarding the anonymous tip was excluded prior to trial with a motion in limine.  Non-testifying witness furnished the police with testimony of the defendant's guilt.  It is hearsay and not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.  Evidence of the defendant's guilt was not overwhelming where victim could not identify defendant from surveillance video and did not mention prominent mole on defendant's face.



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BREAKING -- Buju Sentenced to 10 Years.



Judge Moody threw out the gun charge but otherwise sentenced Buju to 10 years in prison:
Dozens of letters to U.S. District Judge James S. Moody are included in the court file for the 37-year-old recording artist, whose given name is Mark Myrie. Several of his 15 children wrote, as did a former Jamaican government official, an NBA player, other reggae artists and actor Danny Glover, who called Banton a "role model, philanthropist and spiritual leader in the community."

"Your honor, Mark Myrie is not a drug dealer," Glover wrote. "Society would not benefit from his incarceration."

Banton's attorney, David Markus, says federal sentencing guidelines call for a prison term of at least 15 years. In a court filing, Markus told Moody that is "way more than necessary" in Banton's case.

The judge did throw out a gun charge, lowering Banton's sentence from 15 years to 10. He was also ordered to serve five years of probation following his release from prison.

Markus contended that Banton deserved a lower sentence because of his limited participation in the drug buy, his charitable work in Jamaica and his otherwise clean record.

Banton's oldest son, also named Mark Myrie, wrote that his father "puts hard work, sweat and tears into his music and that is what (he) 'puts on the table,' it has never been drugs....The situation is just an example of our mere imperfections as people, being at the wrong place at the wrong time."
What's the next step, defense lawyers?

(Besides prayer.)

Thứ Tư, 22 tháng 6, 2011

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3d DCA Watch -- A Bright Shining Lie?



As we get ready for the President's Afghanistan speech tonight, let's remember history instructs us that all governments -- including the United States -- routinely distort and in fact sometimes lie for political expediency when it comes to war and peace.

In that we are most decidedly not exceptional.

Speaking of lies, get a load of this blistering Judge Rothenberg dissent in a sexual assault case that occurred in Mexico but involved Florida defendants and which was dismissed on Kinney grounds and affirmed by the majority.

In addressing the jurisdictional affidavit of the defendants which was accepted by the trial court Judge Rothenberg notes a slight problem with credibility:
The Florida Defendants and Ms. Rodriguez now admit that each and every one of these statements was false.

The record in this case reflects that the Florida Defendants and Ms. Rodriguez have a long history of deceiving or attempting to deceive the courts of this State by submitting affidavits with similar false statements, but which they now admit were false. See Weiss v. Palace Resorts, Inc., No. 07-03385 CA 11; Discipio v. Operadora Palace Resorts, S. de R.L. de C.V., No. 06-26242 CA 10; Shapiro v. Palace Resorts, Inc., No. 06-23603 CA 8; Kobryn v. Palace Resorts, Inc., No. 06-06555.
Hmm, this could be a problem.

She concludes:
The trial court erred, and its order granting the Florida Defendants’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit and send Cortez to Mexico to litigate her claims against the Florida Defendants, must be reversed because it is based on conclusions, not evidence, and the evidence does not support the conclusions made by the trial court. The trial court’s adequacy determination cannot be upheld where the trial court relied on an affidavit submitted by one defense witness who admitted that material representations in the affidavit were false, and another defense witness who subsequently modified the statements in his affidavit when he was deposed, and where material adequacy factors mitigating against Quintana Roo as an adequate forum were admittedly not considered by the trial court when making its determination.
Oh well, crap happens!

JP Morgan Chase v. Hernandez:

Judge Adrien gets one badly wrong --
Finding no basis whatsoever for the entry of the April 2010 Order, we reverse. We further grant Washington Mutual’s motion for appellate attorneys’ fees and sanctions against the Debtors and their counsel for abusing the legal process, resulting in a drain of judicial resources and unnecessary litigation expenses.
The Court's history of the proceedings in this case is a must-read, describing certain events as "mind-boggling" and actions taken as "nonsensical" and "essentially fraudulent."

For good measure they refer the debtor's attorney to the Florida Bar due to "potentially unethical conduct."

Diaz Reus v. Wingate:

How's this for absurd procedural gamesmanship:
Wingate filed a complaint against Redfield in the circuit court in and for Miami Dade County for breach of contract, specific performance and tortious interference with a contract entered into between the parties for the purchase and sale of real property in Pinecrest, Florida. The day after filing the complaint, Wingate filed an identical complaint in the same circuit receiving a new case number and a new judge. At the same time, Wingate filed a voluntary dismissal with prejudice of the first filed complaint. Redfield was served with the second filed complaint. Redfield removed the case to federal court. Once in federal court, Redfield moved for summary judgment on the ground that the voluntary dismissal with prejudice taken in state court was an adjudication on the merits and, therefore, the complaint was barred by the doctrine of res judicata. Realizing the problem, Wingate filed a motion in state court to vacate the voluntary dismissal with prejudice and to convert it to a dismissal without prejudice. This motion to vacate was filed ex-parte under Wingate’s questionable theory that, as Redfield had not been served with the first filed complaint, Redfield was not required to have notice of this hearing, even though it was a party to the second filed identical complaint.
Come on!

What ever happened to just adjudicating a complaint on the merits?

Judge Shepherd in a special concurrence both uses the word "legerdemain" and also makes a horsey reference involving somebody mounting a wild steed, or something:
The dissent’s emphasis on the plaintiff’s motive for seeking to expunge the language “with prejudice” from its dismissal filing in this case is misplaced, as even it concedes the right of a litigant to “switch horses” to obtain a different “mount” midstream “is a strategy [] not prohibited by the rules or the case law.”
Personally, I always like a different "mount" midstream.

Judge Ramirez' dissent, however, basically just calls bullcrap on the whole enterprise, midstream horse mounting or not:
Our decision then hinges on whether what happened here was a tactical mistake or a secretarial error. I believe it was a tactical mistake. The whole scheme of filing two suits and dismissing the one falling before the less desirable judge was a quintessential tactical scheme. Admittedly, the scheme was botched, as the trial court found, through excusable neglect. But it was the direct result of the attorney’s stratagem of filing two suits to engage in what was nothing other than judge-shopping.
Judge Ramirez concludes:
I would reverse the trial court because I believe the dismissal with prejudice was nothing more than a botched tactical ploy.
So it appears what we have here is a "botched tactical ploy" that occurred while attempting "a different 'mount' midstream."

To which I can only say -- been there, done that.

Thứ Ba, 21 tháng 6, 2011

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Who is Brian Gilchrist and why is on all three applicant lists to be a federal judge for the SD FL, MD FL, and ND FL?

And how come he didn't apply to be U.S. Marshall?

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Scott Rothstein "Dirty Dozen" To Be Charged?



Looks as if at least a dozen alleged co-conspirators of Scott Rothstein are due to be charged in the next few months:
Federal prosecutors say multiple new defendants will be swept up in the wide-ranging investigation into Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme.
Their timeline for bringing the new suspects before a federal judge: Six months.
Lawyers close to the Rothstein case have speculated that a dozen to two dozen people could ultimately face criminal charges. 
Two dozen?

That's a lot of lawyers people.

Wonder who's on or off the list?

Your Tuesday Morning Bullcrap Club.



Let's see, so if the President's Afghanistan plan works perfectly (always the case there) and the President does not cave in or compromise (he never does!), then we can expect to target the "hand over" of Afghanistan to Afghan forces sometime in 2014, with US troops expected to remain there well in 2015 or beyond.

This turns out to be a great campaign re-election slogan:

FOUR MORE YEARS!  FOUR MORE YEARS!

Basically I blame the President to forcing me to agree with Glenn Garvin.

Even worse, Glenn Garvin now appears to agree with Glenn Greenwald.

Worser yet, Obama loyalists now find themselves agreeing with this esteemed crew:
“The United States must see this effort in Libya through to its conclusion,” reads the letter, signed by conservatives including Liz Cheney, William Kristol, Karl Rove, Paul Wolfowitz and R. James Woolsey Jr. 
Obama partisans, Liz Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz(!) -- bet you didn't see that coming way back in 2008.

In other news, Justice Scalia is a mean one, Mr. Grinch.



(But this we already knew.)

Thứ Hai, 20 tháng 6, 2011

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Law Updates for June 11, 2011

DMV v. Hernandez, 36 FLW 243, Sup Ct., A driver's license suspension can be predicated upon a refusal to take a breath test only if the refusal is incident to a lawful arrest.

Corona, 36 FLW 247, Sup Ct., Discovery deposition does not satisfy Crawford.  Defendant does not have the opportunity to cross-examine a declarant of a testimonial statement.  Defendant's constitutional right of confrontation was violated when officer allowed to testify concerning statements made immediately after incident by the victim, where the def did not have adequate opportunity to cross examine the victim, victims statements to the police were testimonial and no ongoing emergency and taken to determine if criminal activity had taken place.

Sun, 36 FLW 4th DCA, trial court properly suppressed def patient contracts and statements from his doctors which police officer obtained without a subpoena or a warrant.  Patient contacts fall within the scope of privacy in medical records and doctors statements fall within the scope of doctor-patient privilege.  Trial court properly denied motion to suppress def's pharmacy records which were obtained without a subpoena or warrant.


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Doesn't Everyone Want "Harvard On Your Side"?



I spent nearly three hours perusing the latest Super Lawyers 2011 Florida edition, and the advertisement for Chase Lawyers℠ and Barry Oliver Chase on page 20 naturally caught my eye:
HARVARD ON YOUR SIDE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Wow -- the entire institution?

Cool!

Barry's website is also www.LawHarvard.com and starts off with a bang:
Don't YOU deserve a Harvard Lawyer?

In the entertainment industry, protecting your rights can be tricky. But it is essential for success. From music industry agreements to TV shows, film rights and celebrity endorsements, entertainment attorney Barry Oliver Chase helps individual clients and companies capitalize on their talents, products and services.

With years of hands-on experience after earning Honors degrees from both Yale and Harvard, Mr. Chase has the knowledge and skill needed to ensure that your rights as an author, artist or entertainment company are fully protected. Whether engaging in contract negotiations, demanding royalties from a record label or publishing company, or representing clients in court, Mr. Chase provides honest and professsional representation designed to produce results.
Wait a minute, Barry went to Yale too?

So now Yale is chopped liver?

How about www.YaleHarvardLaw.com, or was that already taken℠?

UPDATE:

It occurs to me this might work with other schools as well:

TAKE STETSON INTO COURT WITH YOU!

Don't YOU deserve a STETSON lawyer?

Well, you get the idea.....

"Facts Shall Not Be Rambling Narratives" -- Great, Now You Tell Me.

Rambling Narratives Order

Who among us has not, from time to time, strung a random collection of facts and citations together and just filed the sucker?

Well apparently this is now frowned upon, at least in certain epic toe-tapping broken yacht cases:
2.  Facts shall not be rambling narratives, but shall refer specifically to pages/lines of testimony and/or pages or paragraphs or lines of admitted exhibits.
This is a fantastic practice tip -- I only wish someone had clued me into this a few decades ago.

For example, here is a sampling of my last findings of fact that I submitted recently in a federal case:
By the waters of Leman I sat down and wept ...
Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song,
Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long.
But at my back in a cold blast I hear
The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.
A rat crept softly through the vegetation
Dragging its slimy belly on the bank
While I was fishing in the dull canal
On a winter evening round behind the gashouse
Musing upon the king my brother's wreck
And on the king my father's death before him. 192
White bodies naked on the low damp ground
And bones cast in a little low dry garret,
Rattled by the rat's foot only, year to year.
But at my back from time to time I hear 196
The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring 197
Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the spring.
O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter 199
And on her daughter
They wash their feet in soda water
(These findings were actually upheld on appeal.)
Don't even ask me about my conclusions of law!

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