Today is opinion day for the Supreme Court of Virginia, and while I typically will read the opinions from the east side of Ninth Street, I leave the commentary to the sage of Virginia Beach, Steve Emmert. However, as he concluded his analysis of the Court's sole...
Have you noticed that, according to their critics, American politicians are concurrently Nazis (imposing vaccine mandates/separating immigrant families), Socialists (expanding Medicaid/favoring specific industries), Communists (Infrastructure spending/umm . . . no...
So today I received my very first "vanity award" notification. If you are not familiar with the term "vanity award," its basically advertising in the form of a notification that you have been nominated or selected or are under consideration for a prestigious award...
For the media report of this story, see The Roanoke Times. My view of this incident is a little different -- Judge Dillion had ruled and told the attorney to move on, but he persisted, she ruled again, but he persisted, she then told him to make his proffer (which...
The reality of the world we live in. The two stories in the images above were on pages 1 and 2 of The Roanoke Times today. Thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of unmasked people attending the pre-game tailgate at Lane Stadium was on Page 1, while on Page 2 was a...
Fellow Appellate Blawger James J. O'Keeffe has a provocative post on his website which I picked up on Linked-In and commented there and he replied and I re-replied (and he may have re-re-replied by now). I will not go into significant detail as you can click the...
Overview of the October 2020 Term: A Year of Transition The Supreme Court began hearing cases for the term on October 5, 2020. The court’s yearly term begins on the first Monday in October and lasts until the first Monday in October the following year. This term, the...
Time for another mini-rant. A client of mine has been out of work through most of the pandemic and has struggled to get government assistance, as the rules for getting and maintaining unemployment were constantly shifting. She has a good work history as both a FOH...
Just a short observation: If I was as obsessive about proofreading these posts as I am about correcting them when I am reading them after I post them, there would be a lot fewer errors to correct.
This is not so much a "Soap Box" as it is a reflection on the concept of "thinking like a lawyer." This evokes the phrase heard by every law student that in Law School "You teach yourself the law, we teach you how to think like a lawyer." In truth, "thinking like a...