Alan Dershowitz
Extracts from yesterday’s letter To the Editor:
"I share your outrage at Charles D. Stimson’s ‘loathsome attempt to punish lawyers who represent inmates of the Guantánamo Bay internment camp.’ "
"But I cannot join you in your proposal that the bar disciplinary committee investigate Mr. Stimson for conduct ‘prejudicial to the administration
NYT: Apology Not Accepted
Apparently: "It is hard to render a convincing apology when you are not really apologizing."
FASTFORWARD: If you are wondering why I am tracking this on Amazing Firms Amazing Practices it is because this is what I love about my profession and the great individuals and firms that practice in it
An Apology to Detainees’ Attorneys
Thanks to Ron Friedman of Prism Legal Consulting for bringing this to my attention.
The lion on the left is a metaphor for the lawyers and law firms who stand up to attacks against our profession and justice itself.
In a New York Times article today, Official Attacks Top Law Firms Over Detainees, you will see that there is an insidious movement to have business clients fire those
Seth Godin explains this distinction simply with a post well worth reading: "The difference between strategy and tactics".
Punchline: My experience working with law firm leaders is that many are quickly seduced by discussions about tactics. Perhaps they are more familiar with tactics than strategy or simply enjoy debating tactics. The great firms
BEN STEVENS
THE MAC LAWYER
If you are a lawyer and you use a Mac (even if you only use it at home) and you do not already know Ben Stevens of The Mac Lawyer Blog, then allow me to introduce you.
Ben is a bright Spartanburg, South Carolina, lawyer with an all Mac-based
The inventive entrepreneur and former child prodigy, and I am glad to add, "friend", Rajesh Setty, at Life BEYOND CODE, has honoured me by including me in his series of Quoughts for the Day. He invented that word but then if you know Rajesh, being inventive is child’s play.
Of course I would
