Aug 23, 2018 | collaborative law, Divorce, Family Law, marriage
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a Supreme Court Justice, cancer survivor and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. The woman knows a thing or two about how to succeed at life. At a Feb. 6 2017 speech at Stanford University, where she is a visiting fellow,...
Aug 9, 2018 | Family Law, general law
Recently, Judge Lane Smith, of Leon County, wrote an open Letter to a Law School Graduate.1 I find it to be instructive to all law school graduates, old and young. Here, I have pulled out some of the highlights. I place a comment after each quote. Diligently...
Jul 20, 2018 | Divorce, Family Law, gay marriage, marriage, same-sex marriage
To be sure, the Supreme Court’s 5–4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges remained secure so long as its author, Justice Anthony Kennedy, remained on the court along with the four justices who joined his opinion.1 However, Justice Kennedy has announced his retirement, and...
Jul 13, 2018 | Family Law, general law, government
“The right, which had for years been hostile to and very nervous about a strong First Amendment, has rediscovered it,” said Burt Neuborne, a law professor at New York University. The Citizens United campaign finance case, for instance, was decided on free-speech...
Jul 6, 2018 | Divorce, Family Law, gay marriage, same-sex marriage
Justice Anthony Kennedy recently announced his retirement from the United States Supreme Court. Kennedy was often the swing vote, resolving some of the most important issues of our time. For example, Kennedy has traced a wavering course on abortion, approving some...
