Nov 26, 2015 | Business Law, Uncategorized
Author Brian McGinty has written a book about the contributions that Abraham Lincoln made as a lawyer.[1] The author recounts how the shipping industry fought construction of railroad bridges which allowed trains to transport goods anywhere. The first railroad...
Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
The society in which we live in prizes personal happiness above all else. Sadly, to focus exclusively on one’s personal happiness is a guarantee of disappointment.[1] To live a full and balanced life, a person must adjust the search for happiness with a sense of...
Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Attorney A.M. “Marty” Stroud, III, of Shreveport, Louisiana, was the lead prosecutor in the December 1984 first degree murder trial of Glenn Ford. Mr. Ford was sentenced to death for the November 5, 1983 death of Shreveport jeweler, Isadore Rozeman. Ford was released...
Sep 24, 2015 | Divorce, Family Law, Uncategorized
A recent opinion piece in the Tampa Bay Times related the story of Hideki Tojo.[1] Tojo was the Prime Minister of Japan when Pearl Harbor was attacked. When he was captured on September 11, 1945, Tojo had attempted suicide by a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was...
Aug 20, 2015 | Family Law, Florida Law, Uncategorized
“In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.” –John Forbes Nash The movie, A Beautiful Mind, tells the story of Nobel Prize winner, John Nash. The film takes the viewer through Nash’s life; a life which is punctuated with significant...
Aug 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
We can learn this from novelist Harper Lee: works of creativity evolve. This also: we become better at our craft as we work at it with diligence and with the guidance of a mentor. This applies to lawyers, as well as to artists. The practice of law has many...
