The Importance of Professionalism to Young Lawyers
“[P]rofessionalism is a religious movement within the legal profession… [and] its preachers… [are] [t]hose who portray themselves as ‘holier than thou.’” Elizabeth A. Alston, The Ten Commandments of...
View ArticleCausing Inflation By Increasing the Minimum Wage Would Benefit Me
There has been a lot of talk lately about increasing the minimum wage. Conservatives often argue that increasing the minimum wage leads to greater unemployment in the short-term and inflation in the...
View ArticleSection Membership Opportunities for the Taking
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Young Lawyer Division News, State Bar of Wisconsin,...
View ArticleDwayne Wade Should Willingly Take a Significant Pay Cut
I am a huge fan of the NBA. While I usually root for the Pistons or the Bucks, I am secretly a fan of the Miami Heat. Okay, I am a LeBron James fan more than a Heat fan similar to when I was going up...
View ArticleKill Half the Lawyers
My favorite professor, Professor Michael I. Krauss, from my days in law school is now a contributing author for Forbes. He recently wrote an article, “Law School Begins: Here’s A Message to the New...
View ArticleALS Ice Bucket Challenge
I am a board member of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The board was challenged by attorney Karen Bauer of Milwaukee to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Karen further...
View ArticleDo As I Say Not As I Do?
“Evans a partner in law firm” was the title of an article in The Mining Journal earlier this year. That’s not true. I am not a partner, and none of my “partners” are partners either. Mistakes by...
View ArticleI Wouldn’t Tell Someone Not To Major In Music
I love being a lawyer. I truly enjoy my job. The hours, days, weeks and years seem to past by in the blink of an eye because I am having fun. I often happily think, “Maybe I’ll never retire.” There...
View ArticleClass at the Bar – A Social Media and Branding Strategy
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Young Lawyer Division News, State Bar of Wisconsin,...
View ArticleThinking About Law School Q & A
Alec DeBari, an undergraduate student at the University of South Carolina, is working on a project “to find, assess, and attempt to create a resolution to a problem facing the profession [he is] most...
View ArticleThat’s My Family - 2014 & A Little More
“Can I use your phone? I need to call Papa.” My son, Clayton, said to me. “What for?” I asked. “For Happy Thank You Day.” He replied. As a parent of a toddler you often hear, “You should be writing...
View ArticleC.Y.A. C.Y.A. C.Y.A. Often Times The Best Advice Is Never Given. Or Is It?
I was taught from early on, “cover your ass”. If a client is going against your advice, give him your advice in writing. When the bad thing that you said could happen happens, he won’t be able to...
View ArticleRepublicans should nominate a woman for President in 2016
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." Ralph Waldo EmersonThe first political issue that I remember being interested in was...
View ArticleI Got Fired
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Fresh Perspectives, State Bar of Wisconsin, January...
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It’s Good To Be Bad
Everyday when I was in fifth grade my class would line up in the hallway outside of the cafeteria and wait our turn to go through the lunch line. There was an old school fire alarm in the hallway. A...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Marijuana Business Law – Better Call Saul
I love the show Better Call Saul. Jimmy McGill aka Saul Goodman does an excellent job portraying the struggles so many young lawyers face finding their place in the legal business. The business of...
View ArticleHOW TO END UP IN YOUR PARENT’S BASEMENT
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Fresh Perspectives, State Bar of Wisconsin, April...
View ArticlePRACTICE 101: STRATEGY FOR ANSWERING A CIVIL COMPLAINT
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Young Lawyer Division News, State Bar of Wisconsin,...
View ArticleTHE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS WRONG!
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Fresh Perspectives, State Bar of Wisconsin, July...
View ArticleLETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Fresh Perspectives, State Bar of Wisconsin, July...
View ArticleACT YOUR AGE
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in Fresh Perspectives, State Bar of Wisconsin, October...
View ArticleTHAT’S MY FAMILY 2015 & MORE
My most successful post has been about my family because they are far more entertaining than anything I write. So without any ado here are the antics from my family over the last year as seen on...
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Walgreens at the Corner of Irate and Amused
“I’m here to pickup some photos and photobooks for my wife; last name Gardipee,” I told the clerk at the photo shop at my local Walgreens. My wife’s last name is not Gardipee, it’s Evans, like mine....
View ArticleDo You Have a Case for That?
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in the Wisconsin Lawyer, Vol. 88 No. 11 December 1,...
View ArticleThe Voice of Inexperience – Thank you from the Young Lawyers Division
The following posting is made with permission from the State Bar of Wisconsin who originally printed it as an article with the same name included in the Wisconsin Lawyer’s Voice of Experience, Vol. 14...
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