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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 foundational questions for…

Knowledge and understanding are life’s faithful companions who will never prove untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and understanding your staff; and when they are with you, you can possess no greater treasures.– Kahlil Gibran   Too many divorce and family law attorneys assume that Jay Foonberg’s How to Start and Build a…

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.– John F. Kennedy   John Lande is trying to help us “escape the prison of fear” by negotiating settlements that work well for our divorce and family law clients, add value, and provide satisfaction to clients and lawyers alike. Too good…

No iconoclast can possibly escape the severest criticism. If he is poor he is against existing things because he cannot succeed. If he is rich, he is not faithful to his ideals. The world always demands of a prophet a double standard. He must live a life consistent with his dreams, and at the same…

Kimmie: I should let you know that Mr. Heiss will only be available to meet for about five minutes, so we should hurry up and cut to the point. Um, and speak in short sentences because he has the attention span of a ferret on crystal meth.-Domino (2005)Ron Burgundy: Ladies and gentlemen, can I please…

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”– Maya Angelou   Advocacy in a divorce law firm and family law firm involves singing a song that resonates with the trier of fact. For witness examinations-direct and cross-advocacy requires us to help our witnesses hit all the right…

Vinny Gambini: It’s a procedure. Like rebuilding a carburetor has a procedure. You know, when you rebuild a carburetor, the first thing you do is you take the carburetor off the manifold? Supposing you skip the first step, and while you’re replacing one of the jets, you accidentally drop the jet, it goes down the…

Managers and investors alike must understand that accounting numbers are the beginning, not the end, of business valuation.-Warren BuffetIt may come as a shock to some clients to learn that there may be two or more definitions of value for the same property at the same time.-Shannon Pratt   The second edition of The Lawyer’s Business…

“Divorce, Illness, Unemployment and Overspending. These now are the harbingers of economic doom that spell the end of the ‘good life’ for so many of the economic refugees that seek relief in this ‘Court of Last Resort.'”-Rice v. Rice, 94 B.R. 617, 218 (Bankr. W. D. Mo. 1988), cited in The Family Lawyer’s Guide to Bankruptcy…