Summer is conference season. Every week in June, and several weeks in July, I am going to somebody’s annual get-together. It doesn’t matter where. The conference could be in Paris, France or Armpit, Arkansas or […]
“Justice delayed is justice denied.” This is a legal maxim long held to be true. Who said it first is open to debate – William Gladstone is often given credit, and he did use those […]
In my last Legalese column, I talked about the First Amendment, most specifically the Freedom of Speech. I’d like to talk about the First Amendment some more, this time focusing a little bit more on […]
There are no more children in my house, unless you count the dog, who is 21 in dog years anyway, or my husband, who has the maturity of a middle schooler, but is actually old […]
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, […]
I have a complicated relationship with sleep. On the one hand, I find it fun. I tend to have vivid dreams that I can remember the next day. I have a bedtime routine that gives […]
In my last column, I talked about sections one through six of the new Georgia Constitutional Carry Act. (If you missed Part 1, click or tap on this link). Once again, I will point out that […]
There’s been a lot on the news and social media about Georgia’s new gun laws. Some praise it as a law enforcing the Constitution, some vilify it as putting more guns in the pipeline for […]
Axe throwing in 1500 had a much different meaning than in 2022. It also probably came with mead instead of beer. I’m not convinced that human culture was designed to last as long as human […]
Many times, people don’t come see me when they should have. Then they find themselves having messed up with their DIY legal solutions provided by Google, J.D. and then they have to pay me a […]
I sat in my living room watching the 2022 Final Four — what would turn out to be Coach K’s last basketball game with Duke. It was quite the contrast to how I used to […]
Lest you think that all lawyers are boring and stuck up[1], the Georgia Bar is doing something fun on Twitter – they are having a March Madness-type bracket of 64 to determine the greatest legal […]
When people come to me for estate planning, they have some idea that powers of attorney, wills, and trusts are involved. They usually aren’t sure what the difference is between them, or, they have some […]
When my anniversary comes this March, I will have been married 23 years. This means that my marriage is old enough to drink, though not old enough to get a discount on car insurance. I’ve […]
Back in the day before microwaves and an entire aisle in the grocery store wasn’t dedicated to frozen meals of increasing gourmet pretensions, there was the TV Dinner. TV Dinners[1] were packaged and served on […]
Powers of Attorney are useful things to have. I advise my clients to have both medical and financial powers of attorney, not because they may need them in the present, but because they may need […]
As it turns out, I don’t have children anymore. I mean, I have offspring, but not children. My youngest turned 18 a few weeks ago. She’s excited about it. She no longer needs us to […]
Most of us have heard the word ‘arbitration’ at some point, but not everyone is sure about what it is. Arbitration is a type of alternative dispute resolution, like mediation, but the neutral third party […]
Whatever our political divide, we can all agree on one thing: babies are cute. Babies make people smile, and are a physical reminder that whatever happens, life goes on. Babies are life going on. Unfortunately, […]
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