In a very weird walk down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard for new clients and matters, members of the executive committee of Gale, Scarecrow, Tinman and Lion, LLP, a 100+ lawyer firm are chanting “Pandemics, Politics,...
DEPOSING DOCTORS: PHRASING QUESTIONS AND CONTROLLING THE TESTIMONY
“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.”Colonel David Hackworth, 1930-2005. Some contrarian legal writers claim leading questions are not practical or especially effective. I disagree. Leading questions—those...
THE TRUTH IS RARELY PURE AND NEVER SIMPLE
The title of this article is from Oscar Wilde’s play, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Wilde’s immutable proposition is of great importance to those of us engaged in the adversary system. We are...
ALI CLE Quick Tips: Adobe Acrobat
Join Craig Brody for this quick hit information on how to use Adobe Acrobat! In just over a minute, Craig Brody will walk you through how to extract files from Acrobat to create separate PDFs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD7oXwVGhnI Interested...
SOCIAL SECURITY, SSI, AND SSDI: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Both SSI and SSDI offer cash benefits for persons with disabilities. Both programs are overseen and managed by the Social Security Administration. Medical eligibility for disability is determined in the same manner for both programs. However the...
ESTATE PLANNING UPDATES: A MISCELLANY
IRS NIXES ABUSIVE CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST AM 2020-006 There are so many defects in the plan examined in the Chief Counsel Memorandum released on June 26, 2020, that there is little to learn from it. But it is a fascinating read, for no...
ALI CLE Quick Tips: Microsoft Outlook
Join Craig Brody for this quick hit information on how to use outlook more efficiently! In just over a minute, Craig Brody will walk you through how to combine email addresses into one account, saving you time and increasing productivity....
PRACTICAL SUCCESS
WE CAN DO IMPOSSIBLE THINGS In the summer of 1969, with less technology than what exists in the device you’ll use to share today’s social media tidbits, human beings flew to the moon. We’re so desensitized to the fact of the matter that the...
THE TEN STAGES OF A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Many books and articles have been written about the various elements and stages of a real estate development project. Most of those works are written from the perspective of the real estate developer, so they are heavily weighted toward the stages...