EPISODE SUMMARY: Jack Young, of counsel at Sandler Reiff in Washington, DC, and an expert on election law, discusses his work on the 2000 Bush v. Gore recount – from the Gore team’s pre-dawn rush to Tallahassee to its rifts on strategy. Attempts to create a standard by which all “chads” could be judged brought … Continued
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After years of drinking I stood on the cusp of losing all the gains I had made in my legal studies and chosen career in government service. With the assistance of friends and relatives already in recovery, my life took a better turn as I got sober and began a recovery process that has held … Continued
This issue of the State Bar Journal is unlike any other. While two articles discuss clients who suffer from mental illness and substance abuse and programs that serve them, the balance of this issue is not about them – it is about us. Too often we look at mentally ill or substance abusing clients or litigants as … Continued
Topic: Securing fee obligation with mortgage against divorce client’s property
“We can hardly believe it is necessary to say this, but apparently it is: Ethnic slurs have no place in the public discourse. When the term ‘organized crime’ is used in connection with an Italian-American, the meaning is as obvious as it is offensive. Respect and civility are hallmarks of our judicial system — especially … Continued