Moody: I want Mahtob to grow up here. Betty Mahmoody: No! Moody: I think she should become a Muslim! Betty Mahmoody: No! No! [pauses] Betty Mahmoody: You lied to me. You lied to me! You held the Koran and you swore to me that nothing was going to happen. You were planning this all the time. You lied…Read More
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency. --Bill Gates Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you ha…Read More
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
I start where the last man left off. --Thomas A. Edison I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint. --Little Richard Trials are hard enough, especially in emotional divorce cases or in child custody cases. Do you really want to reinvent the wheel of foundati…Read More
“The solutions all are simple . . . after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.” --Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974) If you've missed 15 years of ABA Family Law Section Annual Meetings, it's okay. We now have a 702…Read More
“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.” --Oscar Wilde Note: Jennifer Rose’s book applies to all law firms. We are just focusing on divorce and family law firms here. If you practice as a sole practitioner or in a small firm, including divorce and family law, you have special…Read More
When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. --John F. Kennedy Pegi Price faced danger in her own life and traveled with that danger through the courts. Her new book shows the opportunity that flowed from her stru…Read More
