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Representing Mom in Court
My early career has been chock full of pressure packed situations. It sort of comes with being a young medical malpractice attorney. Yet, nothing could prepare me for what I […]
Monday law blog round-up
Happy Monday! Dawn Bowie touts the use of “parent coordinators” in custody cases. If you (or, more precisely, Above the Law’s David Lat) eat the cookies from a hotel minibar, […]
2010: A Year of Diapers, Deductions, and Deferred Compensation
Just over a week ago, my second son, Kyan W. Siri was born. A New Year’s Eve baby, he arrived eight days later than scheduled, but just in time to […]
Dad, “I don’t know”
I loved Keith’s post from Tuesday. In it, he talks about trying to turn off the lawyer persona at home, citing a conversation he had with his wife about Grey’s […]
Turning off the lawyer persona at home
It is an axiomatic truth that law school and the practice of law teach an analytical style that can be frustrating, and downright annoying, to non-lawyers. Accordingly, my mentors have […]
Law blog round-up
Welcome back to everyone who was out of the office over the holidays, and Happy 2010! A variety of legal news clippings to smooth your way back to working a […]
Don’t bite off more than you can chew
One of my favorite pieces of advice for working parents is not to bite off more than you can chew. And then learn to live with whatever that means. For me, that means not […]
New Year’s Resolutions (v.2010)
The tradition of making new year’s resolutions is reportedly derived from ancient Rome in 153 B.C. Janus the “two face,” a mythical god of Rome, was put on calendars. Janus […]
Interrogations/Holiday time with the family
Mr. Siri’s latest entry advises us that to best enjoy this holiday season we should leave work “at work,” and relax with our family and friends. I agree with this […]
Law blog round-up
Happy Monday! To put it mildly, fathers’ rights lawyer Dawn Bowie does not like the recent changes to Maryland’s domestic violence laws. “But if I wrote an editorial to the […]
