On March 18, 2013, a Petition for Writ of Certiorari was granted in the case of United States v. Kaley, U.S. Supreme Court Case No. 12-464. Howard Srebnick, a Partner...

How does a poet fit into this series? Edgar Lee masters was not an ivory tower academic – he was a lawyer who advocated for the poor and powerless just...

Roy Black to Judge UM Moot Court Competition on Sunday, October 20, 2013.

Modern juries, spoiled by TV and CSI, want to see the evidence not just listen to a talking head describing it. This link takes you to a creation (not a...

I watch Sports Center almost every morning while getting dressed. Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino, in an interview, said “y’know” – 72 times in three minutes. Yes I counted...

Henry Ward Beecher: “Not until human nature is other than what it is, will the function of the living voice -- the greatest force on earth among men -- cease...

"If ever there was a country where eloquence was a power, it is the United States." 8 Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson 128 (1883). Nowhere is...

Preparation: More is better. Much more is much better. You never get to a point where you can let up. Never. --Tom Peters

This is one of my favorite quotes: “You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who...

As I wrote in my last post, recency, the last words the jury hears, carries persuasive power. John Guy made the most of it in his concluding sentences: “We are...