Congratulations to German-born tennis player Tommy Haas who recently became a US citizen. Haas is the former #2 tennis player in the world. He reached that pinnacle in 2002, but recently began a major resurgence as evidenced by his reaching the semi-finals in last year's Wimbledon. Haas also won an ...

Just when you thought you were safe, Tommy Tancredo, anti-immigrant zealot and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, comes back. Zachary Roth of TPM reports that, in a recent speech in which he berated President Barack Hussein Obama,...

Pickens, S.C., lawyer Redmond Coyle was shot and killed outside of his office this afternoon. The man who is accused of shooting him, Jerry Dean Crenshaw, then turned his gun on himself: Pickens Police Chief Tommy Ellenburg said a man shot Coyle multiple times before shooting himself. The incident ...

Criminal defendants enjoy the best week of the new year, with three reversals.  The court dishes out a bevy of civil decisions, too, the moral of which is that in todays economy, its best to do whatever you can to hold onto your job. A few weeks back I discussed State v. Thomas, the 8th Districts de ...

Using good judgment and following instructions are essential to making your bankruptcy case a success.  Sometimes when I hear about some self-destructive things clients do, I can’t help but remember a line from “Tommy Boy,” one of my favorite movies.  You may recall that “Tommy Boy,” played by actor ...

"California gay marriages may hinge on one man": Columnist Dan Walters has this op-ed today in The Sacramento Bee. The one man he writes of is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. And Neon Tommy, the online publication of the Annenberg School of Journalism, has a blog post titled "Prop. 8 ...

Friend and colleague has written an article on legal storytelling that I believe many of you will want to read. The beginning: Diane Wyzga I magine the Following: a two-lane road in San Jose, California. Late morning. Skies are clear and the road is dry. Driving on this road from the west i ...

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Tommy Smith practiced in Cleburne County, Arkansas. After his recent death, a tribute to him was published in a local paper. I post it as a good reminder of our profession's often-overlooked integrity. From " ": Tommy Smith: Country lawyer and public servant Although some la ...

Responding to Karl Rove’s recent whining about the federal deficit, David Axelrod reminds everyone of the breathtaking scope of irresponsibility of the Bush administration, which “added more debt in its eight years than all the previous administrations in the history of our republic comb ...