1. Still Trying to Win: Stern & Saltzburg’s Trying Cases to Win, And Other Resources for Success

    Good heavens, are you still trying to win? You’ve got an over-developed sense of vengeance. It’s going to get you in trouble someday. ----Count Rugen, The Princess Bride (1987) This month, we will focus on being effective in and out of the divorce and family law courtroom. The resources availabl…Read More

  2. And the Truth Shall Set You Free: Ravdin’s Premarital Agreements And Turner & Morgan’s Attacking and Defending Marital Agreements

    Fletcher: Uh, huh, and it says here you were born in 1964, but that's not true either is it? Is it! Samantha: No. Fletcher: Please tell the court what's on your birth certificate under Date of Birth. Dana: Your honor, I object. What does this have to do with anything? Judge Stevens: Overruled. Mrs. …Read More

  3. Not Getting Things All Muddled Up: Buckley’s The Lawyer’s Essential Guide to Writing, Oster’s Writing Shorter Legal Documents, and Graham Tebo’s Shakespeare for Lawyers

    “Ransomed? What’s that?” “I don’t know. But that’s what they do. I’ve seen it in books; and so of course that’s what we’ve got to do.” “But how can we do it if we don’t know what it is?” “Why, blame it all, we’ve GOT to do it. Don’t I tell you it’s in the books? Do …Read More