I seem to have this need to date myself, but I will confess that my love affair with smart watches actually started back in the 1990s, with my Seiko Message Watch (shown above). It was basically a pager, but it could show text messages from my office and family, along with stock prices, sports scores,…
Author: Aaron Morris
Best Client Call of the Week
My websites all have contact forms, so that prospective clients can email me a question. The forms require that the prospective client provide an email address and/or a telephone number. How else would I contact them? So, I received an email from a visitor to one of my websites (let’s call her Jane), and I…
Just for Fun – How to Use WordPerfect DOS
I happened across this WordPerfect DOS video from 1985, and wanted to share. It occurred to me that some may not even have experienced working with a DOS word processing program, and others might enjoy the trip down memory lane. I admit to saying, “oh yeah, now I remember, THAT’S how we created documents.” The…
An Amazing Way to Proofread your Legal Documents
It’s probably a leftover from my days on law review and later as a magazine editor, but I cannot stand to see typos, whether I created the document or not. Especially bad is when I call up a document I have used previously to, say, draft a demurrer, and I find a typo, meaning that…
Don’t Be That Attorney — Misstating Record on Appeal
As reported elsewhere, we received a very satisfying verdict of more than $1.5 million resulting from a defamatory email sent by a defendant, concerning our client. The defendant did not go silently into the good night, and appealed the verdict, claiming that there was insufficient evidence to support an award of that size. That’s all…
Best Client Call of the Week
A potential client called about a breach of contract action she wants to pursue. The caller does not live in California, and for reasons not important to the story, it is not feasible to sue the defendant where he resides. The caller was intending to move back to California, and wanted to know if the…
Putting the “Alternative” Back in Alternative Dispute Resolution
A recent settlement victory showed me once again that you can achieve amazing results at a mediation if you never lose sight of the fact that you are unrestrained by any “negotiating rules”, even if (or perhaps especially because) no one else in the room understands that to be the case. Most who attend a…
Best Client Call of the Week
Many attorneys find it to be a quaint concept, or pretend not to understand, but at Morris & Stone we will only represent a client if we are on the right side, which we define as the party who should win if justice is done. We learned long ago that the practice of law is…
Of course it’s a “self-serving declaration”! Why else would I file it?!
If you lose a motion and rail against the stupidity of the judge, that’s just viewed as sour grapes. But today I was in court for a hearing, and it was the case BEFORE mine that raised my hackles, so I can rant with impunity. (And yes I won my motion, so this isn’t indirect…
Best Client Call of the Week
A gentleman called about a case, wherein the amount in controversy was about $1,500 – a clear candidate for small claims court. “Well, this isn’t a case I would be able to represent you on because it wouldn’t make economic sense to hire me for a $1,500 case, but I’m happy to give you my…