Dec 15, 2016 | Divorce, Family Law
Ned Pepper: “I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.” Rooster Cogburn: “Fill your hands you sonofabitch.” Charles Portis, True Grit True Grit is a 1968 novel by Charles Portis. It is told from...
Nov 3, 2016 | Divorce, Family Law
Before you speak, let your words Pass through three gates. At the first gate, ask yourself, ‘Is it true?’ At the second ask, ‘Is it necessary?’ At the third gate ask ‘Is it kind?’ -Sufi saying As human beings, we are all a work in progress. What would happen if a...
Oct 27, 2016 | Divorce, Family Law
William Muir of Purdue University has studied the behavior of chickens. He was interested in productivity. It is easy to measure in chickens because you just count the eggs. He wanted to know what could make his chickens more productive, so he devised an...
Oct 20, 2016 | Family Law
Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom won the Nobel prize in economics last week for their research on contract theory. In the late 1970’s, Holmstrom showed how the optimal contract carefully weighs risks against incentives. In the 1980’s, Hart contributed to a...
Oct 13, 2016 | Family Law
Meditation teacher Jack Kornfield tells a story to point out the importance of respect and dignity.1 As a part of the Arthurian legend, a knight of King Arthur’s round table, Sir Gawain, found himself in a forest, lost. In the moonlight he came to a clearing....
Sep 15, 2016 | Divorce, Family Law
An aspect of my role as an attorney representing persons in the process of divorce is to manage their expectations. This is not always a simple task. Life is a journey. In one’s youth, it is many times a journey of light. That is, one experiences the positive...
