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"A Very Difficult Case"

Posted December 31, 2017

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Roof not Required

Posted December 10, 2017

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Form Over Substance

Posted December 10, 2017

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Take It or Leave It

Posted December 03, 2017

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Bail, or Not?

Posted November 26, 2017

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Reversal

Posted November 26, 2017

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Timing is Everything

Posted November 26, 2017

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Barred From the Bar

Posted November 26, 2017

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You Can’t Go Home Again

Posted November 05, 2017

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Country Roads

Posted October 28, 2017

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But Her Emails!

Posted October 28, 2017

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The Gaps Between

Posted October 28, 2017

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Forever Temporary

Posted October 28, 2017

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In the Kitchen

Posted October 21, 2017

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Your Shrink Or Mine?

Posted October 21, 2017

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What Choice Does One Have?

Posted October 14, 2017

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Home State Blues

Posted October 14, 2017

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Cumulative Capacity Contracts

Posted October 07, 2017

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Exemption Exceptions

Posted October 06, 2017

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Prospective Duties

Posted September 16, 2017

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Direct Harm

Posted September 10, 2017

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What Is Love? (Baby Don’t Suspend my License)

Posted September 09, 2017

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Intended Consequences?

Posted September 09, 2017

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Family Trust Issues

Posted September 03, 2017

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A Tale of Two States

Posted September 03, 2017

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Ice, Ice Baby

Posted September 02, 2017

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Juror Issue Resolved

Posted September 02, 2017

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Things You Can Do In Half An Hour

Posted August 12, 2017

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Harmony

Posted July 29, 2017

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You Can Bite This Apple Twice

Posted July 23, 2017

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Bites at the Apple

Posted July 14, 2017

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Show Your Work

Posted July 09, 2017

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Keeping Tabs on Mom

Posted July 08, 2017

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The All New Let’s Make A Deal

Posted July 08, 2017

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Lesson Learned

Posted June 25, 2017

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Bifurcation

Posted June 24, 2017

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Keep Doing What You’re Doing

Posted June 24, 2017

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Paperwork Problems

Posted June 18, 2017

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Up On The Roof

Posted June 04, 2017

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DCF Jumps the Gun

Posted June 04, 2017

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