Time To Go
“There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.” Tennessee Williams On the day that the love of my life… Read More »Time To Go
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Building a Team of Partners and Losers
We live in a hierarchical world. In a law firm, the levels are pretty clear. From top to bottom it goes something like this: Managing… Read More »Building a Team of Partners and Losers
Selling Out For the Price of a Postage Stamp
Just about everything that I learned about stupidity in the realm of managing people, I learned from lawyers, much of it from my own mistakes.… Read More »Selling Out For the Price of a Postage Stamp
The Lunatic Fringe
Back in the day, there was a law firm in which the partners were – how do I say it sort of nicely – not… Read More »The Lunatic Fringe
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
There is nothing funny about child abuse, so I hesitate to tell this story. But there is a point to it, so please bear with… Read More »Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Partners Be Crazy
“It had evidently not occurred to her as yet that those who consent to share the bread of adversity may want the whole cake of… Read More »Partners Be Crazy
Lamenting Never Having Found the Legal Dream Team
You may have heard the saying that ‘If you owe a $100,000 to the Bank, you have a problem; but if you owe $100,000,000 to… Read More »Lamenting Never Having Found the Legal Dream Team
Of Sisyphus and Speakerphones
When I started out in the legal profession many years ago, becoming a Partner at a law firm was the dream of every new lawyer. … Read More »Of Sisyphus and Speakerphones
What Have You Done For Me Lately?
In the summer of 1976, I worked for the largest law firm in Montreal, which was Ogilvy, Cope, Porteous, Montgomery, Renault, Clark & Kirkpatrick, as… Read More »What Have You Done For Me Lately?
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