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New Jersey Law Journal

Coming Apart Without Themes

APPELLATE ANSWERS: Without a theme stitched throughout each phase of a presentation, you are left with a series of somewhat disjointed facts, people, or events, and the overall message unravels.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Year's Resolutions for Young Lawyers

The old year is over, but we are still not back to normal. Take time now to reflect on how to improve 2021 without being brought down by the troubles from 2020.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

I Swear to God: Taking Oaths, Seriously

More than ever, democracy is counting on lawyers to uphold the law and support the government. You might not remember signing up for this war, but you did.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

No Cake, No Baby: The Backslide of LGBT Rights

A charity that claims to love and serve the betterment of foster and adoptive youth, but invokes prejudice to prevent those children from being placed in a loving home represents a false prophet of compassion.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Recreational Cannabis Licensing: The Road Ahead

On Dec. 17, 2020, the State Assembly and, subsequently, the Senate, passed the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (known as "S21"). Here is an overview of the legal framework established by S21.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Results Are Not Always Predictable Based on Interactions at Oral Argument

APPELLATE ANSWERS: It is what happens after oral argument—unseen by the litigants and lawyers—that determines how the case will be decided.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Care and Feeding of Clients: An Owner's Guide

Clients are valuable people, indeed, but they are hard to acquire and easy to lose, so, we try to take care of them. They need to know we appreciate their business and their confidence.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Solo Attorneys: Should You Charge a Retainer, Flat Fee or Hourly?

The perennial fee question: What are the best practices for solo attorneys to determine the amount and form of their fees?
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Weaponizing of Personal Religious Views to Deny Equal Protection to the LGBT Community

Considering that the overwhelming majority of Americans support the freedom to marry, the efforts to undo LGBT civil rights advances coming from the highest offices in the federal judiciary are doing grave harm.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Virtual Jury Selection: A Problem or a Solution?

COURT WATCH: In the first virtual jury selection since the pandemic, the jury was selected pursuant to a hybrid-virtual selection procedure adopted by the Supreme Court. Was the process constitutional?
8 minute read

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