The End of Days
“Review this agreement and provide me with your comments” is usually the first introduction that young business lawyers are given to the topic of reviewing… Read More »The End of Days
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All Flash, No Cash
There was once a law firm with a small corporate department consisting of a law clerk and one senior corporate lawyer who I will call… Read More »All Flash, No Cash
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
Introducing The Dumbies
Lawyers are avid fans of awards, so much so that they sometimes even pay to get them, which is a topic for another day. I… Read More »Introducing The Dumbies
Murray’s Rant About Partners Meetings
I hated partners meetings. Not because I did not like most of my partners. In fact, I quite enjoyed spending time with the majority of… Read More »Murray’s Rant About Partners Meetings
Hammers and Nails
I am not the handiest person in the world. In fact, my toolbox only has three tools in it, being a phone, a pen, and… Read More »Hammers and Nails
My One and Only Karate Lesson
I know absolutely nothing at all about Karate. I am about to prove that. I had only one Karate lesson in my life. Actually, it… Read More »My One and Only Karate Lesson
Lessons Learned from Boston Legal
For those of you who never watched Boston Legal, my all-time favourite television show about lawyers, Denny Crane was the senior partner of Crane Poole… Read More »Lessons Learned from Boston Legal
Why I Hate the Law Society
Obviously, it would be utterly impossible to comprehensively address the topic of ‘Why I Hate the Law Society’ in the depth that it so richly… Read More »Why I Hate the Law Society
On Being Easily Inconvenienced
I met more than a few lawyers who were ‘easily inconvenienced.’ For these individuals, any challenge, no matter how inconsequential it might have appeared to… Read More »On Being Easily Inconvenienced