Writings

Oct. 19, 2026

A Lawyer Reviews the (new) iPad Pro with iOS 11

A game-changing update A year and a half ago, I first reviewed the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard. I predicted that a lot of lawyers would ditch their bulky Acer laptops and rush to adopt the iPad Pro as their primary computing device.…

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Oct. 19, 2026

Fishing, Photography, and the Leica Q

I became interested in photography at the same time I became interested in fly fishing. Fly fishing and photography are perfect companions, for many reasons. First, when you’re fly fishing you are in some of the more scenic nature spots in the wor…

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Oct. 19, 2026

Playing and staying at Pine Valley

A typical Pine Valley cabin. Eight years ago when I started playing golf I would not have broken 120 at Pine Valley. Nor would I have appreciated the greatness of the course. It’s no accident Pine Valley has been consistently ranked as the numb…

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Oct. 19, 2026

How to be Persuasive

As a trial lawyer, I’ve studied persuasion my entire career. These two secrets will help you be more persuasive in your own life I will never forget the first time I went to trial to represent someone in Court. It was almost 20 years ago. I was…

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Oct. 19, 2026

Grappling with Fear — Starting Brazilian Jui Jitsu at 48

In February 2020, before the pandemic came to American shores, I finally took on a challenge I had been thinking about for quite some years. I started Brazilian jiujitsu. When I started, I knew next to nothing about jiujitsu. The only thing I kn…

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Oct. 19, 2026

A Lifetime Love Affair with Books

I have vivid memories of reading the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy when I was in fourth or fifth grade. Those were pretty stout books for a young boy just turning 10. I was inspired to read the trilogy after hearing from my Dad that my …

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