January 2012
10 posts
results of msj hearing...
taken up under further advisement.
preparing to argue my response to a motion for...
is making me sick to my stomach!
And is also making me make faces like this:
Yes, Lost fans, that is the lovely Matthew Fox after his arrest for punching a bus driver (lady) in the stomach.
Anyway, I’m totally prepared, yet I’m totally ill-prepared. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, so I’m hoping to begin the year auspiciously and without underboob sweat. We shall see.
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lawyer fact #1
PerStirpes: You can't trust a lawyer that uses the font "Arial."
K: I prefer Comic Sans.
PS: Hahaha. I mean, if you're not going to use Times or whatever is basically Times, you might as well use Comic Sans.
K: Or Wingdings.
i am threatening
I love the idea that opposing counsel feels threatened enough by me that he wants to file a motion to recuse [a motion to disqualify or remove a judge from overseeing a case because of a bias or prejudice] with Judge 81* because I served as his briefing attorney.
When filed, a judge has the option to step down on his own or else an administrative judge conducts a hearing to determine whether...
buy me things
I have a client who has a penchant for buying younger women expensive presents. He is also known to pay off loans.
So now, my issues are:
Will he buy me things? or rather, can I get him to buy me things?;
Do I have violate any rules of Professional Responsibility if I hint really hard at things I’d like bought for me?; and
What if I just “accidentally” staple my Sallie Mae...
tortilla soup
J got “The Essential New York Times Cook Book” for Christmas, which works well with one of my goals for 2012.
edited with my suggestions:
serves 6-8
4 poblano peppers
6 large ripe tomatoes, cored
1/4 cup olive oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
4 cups beef broth
2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
4 cups vegetable oil
18 corn...
reflections 1-5
2011 has been a most beautiful year of good friends, career successes, and positive changes, so I’m a little sad to see it end.
If at the end of 2012 I can reflect with a fraction of the content I feel about 2011, then it will have been a very very good year.
Overarching life goals for the new year in no particular order:
1. BE! AGGRESSIVE! B!-E! AGGRESSIVE!
I’m never going to...
