Blogs Posts on "Foolish People"

Channeling Judge Judy by LegalMist on Nov 18, 2009I had a long trial today. A difficult case involving two not-perfect people arguing over who should have custody of the kids, what the parenting time should be for the non-custodial parent, spousal maintenance, child support, division of property...

There's a First Time for Everything by LegalMist on Nov 17, 2009With the death of my kitty on Saturday, we are a cat-free household.I have had cats for as long as I can remember.When I was somewhere around 3, or maybe 4, my Dad, Mom, & I moved into our house in Gainesville, Florida. The prior human owners mov...

The Unteachables by LegalMist on Nov 16, 2009As I've mentioned before, I am teaching a legal writing class this semester. I also occasionally teach a class about how to pass the Law School Admissions Test.In both settings, I've found a small minority of students who are "unteachable."I sometime...

Because Nothing Says Class Like a Plaid Cadillac by LegalMist on Nov 12, 2009After I left the firm, I worked for a long while at the court. My job was to read the parties' papers, review the record, do legal research, and draft decisions for the judges.One of the cases I worked on involved a criminal defendant who had been ar...

The Existentialist by LegalMist on Nov 8, 2009"Poppin' Knee" (see here, here, and here for the story of Poppin' Knee, if you haven't read it yet) was enough to make anyone want to leave the firm, but I stuck it out for nearly three years. It was a typical large law firm, with ridiculous billable...

Poppin' Fresh? Not Exactly . . . (Part Three) by LegalMist on Nov 7, 2009(Click here for Part Two, and here for Part One)After leaving B the memo explaining that the case he wanted did not exist, but that I had found another case that might be helpful, I went back to my office and ate a small bag of M&M's with the sor...

Poppin' Fresh? Not Exactly . . . (Part Two) by LegalMist on Nov 5, 2009(Click here for Part One, in which B is described accurately and as thoroughly as necessary for the story.)One fine fall day when I worked at the firm, B (which could, but does not, stand for "Bastard," and who looked, but did not act, somewhat like...

Poppin' Fresh? Not Exactly . . . (Part One) by LegalMist on Nov 4, 2009Way back in the dark ages, I worked at a large law firm in Phoenix doing litigation. One of the senior associates there was a fellow named... well, let’s just call him B, ok? (Because his name started with “B” and because “Bastard” also sta...

What Could Be Worse? by LegalMist on Oct 20, 2009Have any of you watched "Nip / Tuck" (on FX)? The show is so bad, it's good.The plots are outrageously ridiculous, shocking, disgusting, depraved even - and they completely lack any semblance of any sort of redeeming social value, so that I hate myse...

The Tooth Fairy Must Have Been ... On Vacation... by LegalMist on Oct 16, 2009(... yeah, that's it! ... vacation! ... yeah, that's the ticket!)My little guy lost a tooth. He had three loose teeth for a few weeks, and finally one fell out. (One down, two to go!)He was so excited! As he placed the tooth under his pillow las...