Growing up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, a commonly used trope by villains in movies and on TV was hypnotism. The bad guys would pull out a pocket watch and swing it back and forth in front of the face of their intended target. They would then say, “empty your mind, only listen to the […]
Next month will mark the one-year anniversary of the onset of the pandemic and many of us being sent home to work from there. Thankfully, I got back into the office this past summer, but most of our attorneys and staff are still working from home. It’s been a year since I’ve eaten in a […]
When I was a kid, one of my favorite TV shows was ‘Knight Rider,’ which starred David Hasselhoff as police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long. After suffering a nearly fatal gunshot wound to the face, Long is rescued by billionaire Wilton Knight, who pays for his plastic surgery and assigns him the new identity of […]
My son is an avid X-box gamer. His current obsession is Shotgun Farmers, a cartoonish game where you are a farmer and you use vegetables to hunt down and kill other farmers. Thankfully he loves to play volleyball and hoops, so he’s not playing games a ton. However, with the pandemic, especially during the Safer-at-Home […]
As I’m writing this, Governor Evers just updated his stay-at-home order, extending the deadline to May 26 and officially closing the schools through the end of the current school year. I feel bad for everyone during these difficult times, but I especially feel bad for two of my nephews. Both of them are in their […]
Since the pandemic struck, our attorneys and staff have been working from home, so we’ve been using Zoom, the teleconferencing app. Every morning the entire firm joins the site to discuss how things are going and to see if anyone needs anything. I’ve used the app for client meetings. My niece has used it to […]
As a kid, one of my favorite comic book superheroes was Daredevil. Daredevil’s alter ego is Matt Murdock, an attorney in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen who typically represents the little guy against big businesses, many of which are owned by Daredevil’s nemesis, the crime boss Kingpin. As a youth, Matt pushed an elderly man […]
Under the tree this Christmas, my son and I got some pretty awesome fishing lures. We can’t wait to get out on the lake this summer to try and land some prize lunker. The only problem is, summer seems pretty far away right now. Before we head out on the lake, I always check the […]