The Cost of Being Right

I have heard clients say this innumerable times.  And often times, the client is correct – the client is right and the other side is wrong and taking advantage of a situation.  BUT . . . . . . being right isn’t necessarily the most cost-efficient way to...

Your Attorney: The Park Ranger

When clients ask me about the legal process and what to expect from me as their attorney, I usually give them the following ranger-in-the-national-park analogy. The legal system is like a huge national park.  Think of it as Yosemite, or Yellowstone, or The Grand...

“I need a bike.”

Anyone remember this line?  It’s from “Risky Business”, spoken by Joel (played by Tom Cruise, when he looks like he was all of nine years old), right after Joel gets a five-day suspension from school for taking uber-matronly Nurse Bolik by the collar and asking...