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September 7, 2016

Memories of a Small Town Lawyer #1

...st maker called Appleworks. And, as if that weren’t fanatical enough, I attended the seminars of Charles Hughes of New Martinsburg, or was it Moundsville? Charlie kept three big 3 ring binders that held every WV Supreme Court insurance case, so I wore out our copier so I could have one too. Of course, it too was tabbed with a table of contents, and we updated it every year until Charlie had his stroke. Lawyers Coop Rep. Mel Pennington, who could s...

February 12, 2010

Today I Am at the WVAJ Mid Winter Meeting.

...n, I was always curious, but often not an attentive student. Now I love attending seminars, staying current with changes in the law, technology, and office management. And, I NEED updates in the ethical rules that we must follow. Some attorneys come to C.L.E. (Continuing Legal Education) rarely and reluctantly. I respectfully disagree with that. We should look for every opportunity to attend seminars in our field of practice, and, sometimes, I go...

March 15, 2016

Urgent Note to Couples in their ’60’s Re: Social Security Benefits

...NOT to apply for benefits, when the older of you reaches 65, apply and suspend your benefits. THIS WILL ALLOW YOUR YOUNGER SPOUSE TO APPLY FOR DEPENDENT SPOUSE BENEFITS ON THE DAY SHE/HE REACHES 65 WITH NO PENALTY! Since I held off applying until age ’70, THIS MEANT FIVE YEARS THAT MY WIFE CAN RECEIVE $1200/MONTH WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PENALTY OR REDUCTION IN THE MONTHLY AMOUNT. For us, we LOST about $30,000 because we didn’t know about this, and GOT...

March 9, 2016

Reflections on a BIG Birthday: March 7, 2016

...t we met her and loved the connection that her daughter Lexie and I had attended 4-H Camp together, and that my best friend Dick had come home from the first grade to announce he was in love with her oldest daughter Sharon. Dick learned a good lesson, when his family made fun of him and named one of their Jersey heifers “Sharon”! Dick said, “That’s the last time I told them anything! My Dad had the nastiest landlady every. When she gave him a shor...

February 21, 2010

Dictation with Dragon Naturally Speaking

...s document assembly software mentioned in a prior post, and Dragon. I can send the documents to my assistants via e-mail, so that their task is simply to look up missing variable information, format to their needs, and properly title or address the document. I believe I have also mentioned our Fujitsu ScanSnap 1500 scanners which come with Adobe Acrobat standard. Each one stands up to 20 double-sided pages a minute, so, theoretically, we can scan...

January 2, 2016

The Year 2015 in Retrospect – Learning – Teaching – Thinking – Collaborating

...ry year. We have 32 contestants registered! Winners will win prizes and attend the State Bar Annual Banquet and stay with a parent at the legendary Greenbrier Resort. 3. As I have written about, I collaborated on the Family Law Restraining Order Bill, WV Code 49-5A-5a, which passed unanimously the House and Senate Judiciary committees, and then the House and Senate, with the Governor signing it into law in March! 4. I again served as a board membe...

November 4, 2015

Making the Best of Two Days On the Road, Oct. 31 – Nov. 1, 2015

...Porte The Tech Guy, 20 tech podcasts! https://twit.tv Excellent book recommended by Fareed Zakaria: Killing a King: The Assination of Yitzhak Rabin: http://www.amazon.com/Killing-King-Assassination-Yitzhak-Remaking/dp/0393242099/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446506070&sr=1-1&keywords=kill+a+king In looking up that book; I found this one, rated 4.5 by 380 reviewers; by American Ambassador. Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide: http...

September 24, 2015

Some Hot Tips

...$15/per or $37.50/mo. Udemy www.udemy.com Lynda.com www.udemy.com   Recommended by David Goldenberg of Parkersburg, and Barron Henley of Columbus, Affinity Consulting, the complete list of iDevice Apps for lawyers. http://www.iphonejd.com/ One of many government sites: http://www.ssa.gov/ A $25,000 book! The key point I learned from this book is for a person like myself. I decided to wait until age 70 to maximize my monthly benefit, but I lost ov...

March 3, 2010

More on Technology – Moving Outlook to “The Cloud”

...to do this for at least a year but not the ability. Now I can access my calender, task list, contacts, and e-mail from any location and any computer. Before, I had to divide those tasks onto two, and sometimes three, computers. The same for my Blackberry Curve. Now our “contacts list” will have every “contact” I have, and my family and friends won’t be on a list separate from my colleagues. This increases the capability of my cell phone, allowing...

June 28, 2015

WV FAMILIES DODGE A METAPHORICAL BULLET

...an order on an unstable person can lead to the opposite result of that intended. One fellow, husband of my abuse victim client, went directly from the jail to the home where he expected to find his wife. When she wasn’t there, he left a vicious note for her and blew out his tiny brain. Another fellow ended it in the garage with his engine running, again with the nasty note. These fellows had no regard for an order. Now the family court has a broa...