Blog : Lawyers

When I started this blog ten years ago, there was no ChatGPT, no Claude, no Gemini. If you wanted to know something like the legal definition of a “trade secret,” you had to use a primitive tool called Google to find the answer. Those dark days are over. AI has now materially improved everyone’s quality of life. Don’t believe me? Consider a recent Annenberg survey finding that at least 17% of Americans believe AI will have a positive impact on the country over the next decade. We’re at the dawn of a golden age. Especially when it comes to legal […]

Should we do the deposition in person or by Zoom?

Ok, I don’t really want to lose. But I don’t want to be *afraid* to lose.

The five pillars of my law firm’s culture.

Five Minute Law’s response to “Are women lawyers paying enough attention to upward mobility?”

My interview with appellate lawyer and fly fisher Kendyl Hanks

A lesson for lawyers on perspective, from the hit Netflix series “Cobra Kai”

Imagine a world of perfect justice where disputes disappear and lawyers are unnecessary. Would it be a utopia, or a dystopia?

Shannon Montgomery won a bodybuilding competition while managing her solo law practice. What lessons can you learn from her experience?

What does the reaction of law examiners to the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about human nature?