Florida criminal defense and attorney discipline attorney Brian Tannebaum, Esquire, has a rather sensible list of suggestions for attorneys for their “fall cleaning” in his column at Above the Law. Out of respect for his copyright I will list only…
Among my lesser faults (many others are much worse) is a propensity towards foul language, one that I do restrain with clients and in court, but one that I tend not to restrain as much on the phone with friends…
Before my client’s case was called down at the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City, I watched an idiot come within about 10 seconds of getting herself locked up for aggressive disrespect, whining and snideness towards a pretty even-tempered…
The following is a non-exhaustive checklist of factors to consider for possible violations of the US Fair Labor Standards Act minimum wage, FLSA overtime provision or both under federal or Maryland law for non-exempt workers. Most obviously, an hourly wage…
Effective January 1 of this year, a new rule provision went into effect governing damages clauses in civil complaints in Circuit Court. Under newly modified Rule 2-305, a demand for a money judgment less than $75,000 shall specify the amount…
I put up four posts earlier today, and Twitter decided to spread the one across the Internet that I found the least well-organized of the four. Conclusion: I am a pretty good blogger, not great, and Twitter has pretty good…
I don’t think I have anything particularly special to say about professionalism as such. All of us can grow and learn. Well, maybe all of us have growing and learning to do; whether we “can” is another matter. I know…
This checklist is aimed primarily at attorneys practicing in unemployment appeals litigation at any level (Lower Appeals, Board of Appeals, Judicial Review). Most of my remarks are aimed at workers’ attorneys, but some will apply to management attorneys as well.…
ABC News, August 12, 2013: Child Support Magistrate Lu Ann Ballew ordered the name change last week, according to WBIR-TV (). The boy’s parents were in court because they could not agree on the child’s last name, but when the…
In the United States, contingent fees for attorneys are regulated and usually prohibited in most criminal and family law matters. Among the justifications for contingent fees are that they reward success, not attorney billable-hour churning. In today’s New York Times…