Archive for January 2013
10% Fewer Words
I recently finished the audio version of Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. It’s geared toward fiction writers, but there is much to commend it to lawyerly writing. The best writing advice I have heard in a while was something that a publisher wrote on a slip rejecting one of King’s early…
Read MoreNew Procedure at the Court of Appeals
Today, I had my first oral argument at the Court of Appeal in perhaps two years. Argument is granted more frequently in civil cases than criminal ones at the Georgia Court of Appeals. So, most of my arguing is at the Supreme Court down the hall. The presiding judge began most of the cases with…
Read MoreSome Musings on Visiting Incarcerated Clients
Over the holidays, I have taken the time to reflect on the direction of my practice and this blog. I’d like to address a few things in the coming year. First of all, the paucity of posts from 2012 is something I would not like to repeat in the coming year. I’ve taken the time…
Read MoreVideo Interview: Discussing Gun Control & the Second Amendment in the Supreme Court with LXBN TV
Following up on my post on the subject, I had the chance to speak with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN regarding just how far gun control can go under the Second Amendment and when this was last tested by our country’s judicial system. In the interview, I discuss Heller v. District of Columbia, the last Second Amendment…
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