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Between two recent judicial retirements here in Montgomery County and the national reflections over the past few days regarding the late George H.W. Bush, it has given me pause to think about life, career, and legacy. As I’ve heard the ...

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I was in trial last week and am catching up from the fog of a week out of the office and an abbreviated week this week, so pardon my total lack of creativity. To continue the trend of my 2015, ...

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Here are but a handful of ways in which you, too, may find the online home of the Maryland court system of utility to your practice.

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A visit to my daughter's third-grade class showed me there are quite a few skills that we as lawyers should adopt.

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If you can't resist, you should have an attorney on speed dial who does not dabble in attorney grievance cases.

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If even a non-lawyer pop singer and a Maryland jurist can agree on the value of one’s professional and personal reputation, it is probably worth young lawyers giving this some thought.

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To those attorney-parents out there, I wish you an enjoyable last week of calm.

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Lawyers are a client service industry and we frequently tout our “client responsiveness” when we market ourselves. But there is a certain balance that we can (and should) strike.

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From the potential client’s perspective, it is perhaps the most important question. From the attorney’s perspective, it is the ultimate trap question.

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How can young attorneys best position themselves to deal with the disruption caused by a departing colleague?

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