Last week was packed full of advocacy. On Wednesday, Howard argued at the Supreme Court while I tried a 3-day civil non-jury case (a declaratory action, so no jury), and...
Partner Howard Srebnick Argued Asset Seizure Before the United States Supreme Court
On March 18, 2013, a Petition for Writ of Certiorari was granted in the case of United States v. Kaley, U.S. Supreme Court Case No. 12-464. Howard Srebnick, a Partner...
Final Argument: Edgar Lee Masters
How does a poet fit into this series? Edgar Lee masters was not an ivory tower academic – he was a lawyer who advocated for the poor and powerless just...
Roy Black to Judge UM Moot Court Competition – Sunday, October 20, 2013
Roy Black to Judge UM Moot Court Competition on Sunday, October 20, 2013.
Final Argument: Electronic Presentations
Modern juries, spoiled by TV and CSI, want to see the evidence not just listen to a talking head describing it. This link takes you to a creation (not a...
Final Argument: Verbal Tics
I watch Sports Center almost every morning while getting dressed. Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino, in an interview, said “y’know” – 72 times in three minutes. Yes I counted...
Final Argument: Olbermann
Henry Ward Beecher: “Not until human nature is other than what it is, will the function of the living voice -- the greatest force on earth among men -- cease...
Final Argument: Classroom Training
"If ever there was a country where eloquence was a power, it is the United States." 8 Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson 128 (1883). Nowhere is...
Failure to Practice
Preparation: More is better. Much more is much better. You never get to a point where you can let up. Never. --Tom Peters
Obsession
This is one of my favorite quotes: “You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who...