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I’m on call this week. Like doctors, the lawyers in our practice share rotating call duty for after-hours emergencies. Last night my kids and my clients conspired to keep me awake until 3:00 a.m.

I was out watching a Cubs game the other night, and made insta-friends with some other guys at the bar. (Chicago sports fans tend to bond quickly over shared heartbreak.) During a commercial, one of them started playing with his coaster, which was placed there by a DWI attorney and advised strongly the basic things […]

For the record, apparently I was one of the 17 people in the world that honestly believed that Elin was trying to “rescue” him by smashing out the car window. (Yes, I saw the Saturday Night Live skit which cleared it up for me.)

In my feeble, lackluster defense – my first reaction to the news story was that this was a DWI and she was trying to remove him from the car before the authorities came. After excerpts from Steve Helling’s new book, Tiger: The Real Story, were released, the DWI aspect to the case again resurfaced – which provide a small amount of proof that I’m not an absolute moron:

When entering the criminal justice system – or merely popping by for a friendly visiting – think of it like trying to return a sweater at Target: You’re going to need to hang on to your receipt. Although Target’s return department has backed off their waterboarding technique when you try to make a return, the […]