Bob Blackman’s Reputation
Corienne came to retain me when she’d been knee-deep in her courtroom divorce for a couple of years and finally got fed up with her fancy, high-priced lawyer, who didn’t seem capable of ever getting it finished.
Divorce
Post-Divorce Planning Checklist (When You Receive Your Final Judgment)
Post-Divorce Planning Checklist (When You Receive Your Final Judgment) Once your divorce is finally over, whether it took four years or four weeks, the relief you will feel is tremendous. But you can’t let it overwhelm your better sense. It is very likely that your attorney sent you a letter, reminding you of the tasks
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First Five Tips For Dealing With Pro Se Adversaries
In the introduction to this blog series, I offered you two overarching recommendations: 1) be nice; and 2) never communicate with your pro se adversary orally. Keep them in mind as you review the rest of my advice.
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Pre-Divorce Planning Checklist (Before Speaking To An Attorney)
Pre-Divorce Planning Checklist (Before Speaking To An Attorney) When clients come in to consult me for the first time, it is unusual (although not unheard of!) that both parties don’t already know that divorce is in the works. Sometimes they’ve been pondering whether divorce is the answer for some time. If so, it is likely
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Destiny and Max Duff
I rarely see Max Duff anymore. We used to see each other once a week, for breakfast with our referral networking group of Profit Pros. But I left the group three years ago and he left it shortly after, so we rarely see each other.
Divorce Ceremonies
Divorce Ceremonies What are ceremonies, generally speaking? Why do we have them? When do we have them? What do they accomplish, if anything? These questions were brought clearly to my mind when my client, in her collaborative divorce matter, informed me, just before we signed the marital settlement agreement, that she wanted to bring the
Elements of an Apology
Elements of an Apology Oops, you made your way into the doghouse once again. Whether it was for something (you think of as) minimal, like coming home late from work, again (amidst the Coronavirus, mind you; the audacity!), or more extreme, like reaching out to your high school sweetheart, it is now time to apologize.
Tips For Dealing With Pro Se Adversaries
At some point in your career, a family law attorney must deal with an opponent who represents himself. (65% of family court litigants are what we call pro se.)
Holding Hands and Helping Clients
I was going through my firm’s old files the other day when I came across a thank-you note written by a former client. I am a paralegal at Family Diplomacy: A Collaborative Law Firm and work with attorney Adam B. Cordover. The client thanks both Adam and me in the note, and, although I am
Lowering My Hourly Rate
How many of us lawyers can afford our own services? My husband and I retained a Miami lawyer over a dozen years ago, at the stunning hourly rate of $600. To this day, that amount still outrages me. I went to Yale University when I was 16 years old, graduated when I was 19, and
