What is the Left Hand Doing?
Ogilvy, Cope, Porteous, Montgomery, Renault, Clarke & Kirkpatrick was the first law firm that I worked for. It is now known as Norton Rose Fulbright. … Read More »What is the Left Hand Doing?
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Paralegals Jumping on the Technology Bandwagon
Many of you know that I have deluded myself into thinking that I am some sort of an ‘internet influencer’ (like the Kardashians, only better… Read More »Paralegals Jumping on the Technology Bandwagon
The Devil is in the Details
I spent some time speaking to one of the founders of Appara to better understand how using their software would have made my life easier… Read More »The Devil is in the Details
Field of Dreams
Bob was a brilliant lawyer. He loved technology and was a wizard at math. Back in the day when we used fax machines and they… Read More »Field of Dreams
Technology Levels the Playing Field
Back when I was a teenager, I worked in a warehouse with Warren. Warren and I unloaded trucks. Warren would stand in the truck and… Read More »Technology Levels the Playing Field
Danger Ahead!
Back in the day, I used to teach junior lawyers how to practice law. I had me some rules. They went something like this: Do… Read More »Danger Ahead!
My Summer With the Great White Sharks
In 2014, I was pretty fed up with life and I decided to do something different. Since my years practicing law had not prepared me… Read More »My Summer With the Great White Sharks
Searching for the Off-Ramp from the Expressway to Crazy Town
My legal career drove me crazy. Granted, it was not a very long drive, but I suspect that with a bit of knowledge and a… Read More »Searching for the Off-Ramp from the Expressway to Crazy Town
Old Law, New Law: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
In the old days, the path to success in the legal profession seemed fairly straight forward: Get top marks; article for a good firm (the… Read More »Old Law, New Law: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
The Button
In my second year of practice, word processing was just becoming a thing. My firm had fourteen lawyers but no word processor. Fred was the… Read More »The Button