Oct 15, 2019 | general law, Uncategorized
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” Mahatma Gandhi Recently, I attended a meeting of the Tampa Bay Academy of Collaborative Professionals. The speaker was a US Army strategist who has deployed twice to Iraq and now focuses on the Middle...
Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
This past April, Charles Van Doren passed away. The movie “Quiz Show” relates an important episode in his life. For 14 weeks, from November 28, 1956 to March 11, 1957, Mr. Van Doren captivated audiences of up to 50 million people with performances on the NBC quiz...
Jun 20, 2019 | general law, government
Every once in a while I stumble upon the story of a remarkable individual. Such a person was Judah Benjamin. Born in 1811 in St. Croix, Benjamin’s family moved first to North Carolina and then to Charleston, S.C., home to the largest Jewish community in the...
Apr 19, 2019 | collaborative law, Family Law, general law
Recently I was given the opportunity to give some remarks to the Canakaris Inn of Court on April 16, 2019. I share here some of the things I spoke about. I don’t believe in coincidences. For example, it is no coincidence that this presentation falls on a very...
Mar 15, 2019 | Divorce, Family Law, marriage
“WHEN YOU have loving and supportive people in your life, like MacKenzie…you end up being able to take risks.” So declared Jeff Bezos, boss of Amazon, the e-commerce giant, last April. This affirmation by the planet’s richest man of the contribution of his wife of 25...