Blog posts, published columns, and conversations - perspectives on litigation, leadership, and the profession.
Twenty years in a courtroom teaches you things that don’t fit in a brief. The blog is where some of that goes. The published columns and Q&A are where the more formal thinking lives.
Summer schedules are full, and finding a few days for a conference can feel like one more thing on the calendar. But the State Bar Convention has become a family tradition, and every year it is a reminder that showing up, reconnecting with old colleagues, and stepping outside your comfort zone is what moves a career and a profession forward.
By June 30, every Arizona lawyer has to report fifteen CLE hours. When the deadline gets close, the tempting question is how to finish them fastest. I used to ask it too, until I realized the more useful question is what I actually want to learn.
One of the most important parts of being a litigator is evaluating cases honestly. Not just when a client first walks through the door, but throughout the life of the case. Like a poker player reading the odds as new cards are revealed, good lawyers know that sometimes the most valuable advice you can give is that it is time to walk away.
Monthly President's Column in Arizona Attorney Magazine during the 2021–2022 State Bar presidency, plus an oral history for the Arizona Bar Foundation.
The cases that stay with me are the ones where a family came in overwhelmed and left with some sense of resolution, not just legally, but emotionally.
Read full answer →Judgment. Knowing what actually matters in a case and having the discipline to let go of everything that does not is genuinely rare.
Read full answer →The honest answer is that I still love the courtroom. Trial is where everything comes together. That opportunity never gets old.
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