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Defense Counsel Moves for Protective Order Based on Inability to Countenance...
I mean, what is it with bodily fluids and pleadings? First the dog piss lady and now this: My reaction: Betcha can’t work an emoji and another reference to poop into that pleading! NAILED...
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A Sad but Funny Memory from Law School
I had a funny recollection today of a conversation I had my third year of law school with one of my professors. We were discussing having children v. having a highly intense legal career. She said, in...
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Anders Briefs: The Genius Behind Simply Telling the Court How Bad Your...
We must all be candid with the courts, this we know. But, how often is it that you get to tell an appellate court just how completely horrible a client’s position really is? Never, that’s...
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Friday Funbag: The Craziest Named Places in Arkansas
Arkansas made the #1 spot in Buzzfeed’s “Places You Won’t Believe Actually Exist List” with Toad Suck, but that doesn’t nearly cover all the strangely name places in Arkansas here’s my list: Bald Knob...
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Dr. Benjamin Brandreth’s Universal Vegetable Pills
I recently went to my grandmother’s funeral in Vermont and I thought some of my grandmother’s family history would be interesting to legal readers. Caroline “Joyce” Knepper was born to Ivan L. Stanton...
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Bonafide Hustler Makin’ My Name
Just in case you were wondering if I’m still alive, I am! And I’m starting my own law firm!!! Please go check out my website! And my really dorky Halloween themed bankruptcy advertisement: Filed under:...
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Wells Law Firm Makes History Its Second Day of Business by Becoming First Law...
I am happy to say that Wells Law Firm became the first law firm to register and be approved for accepting Bitcoin for its services and (to my knowledge) the first law firm in the state (and one of the...
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It’s Pro Bono Month! Here are the Events You Should Know About (Please Share!)
October is pro bono (latin: for free) month and my firm, Wells Law Firm, is partnering with Arkansas Legal Services, Center for Arkansas Legal Services, and the W. Harold Flowers Law Society on several...
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Friday Funbag! Interview with Jennifer Wells (Yeah, That’s Me) About Starting...
I’m back. And I’m better, faster, stronger…OK, I’m actually sick and slightly behind on actual work projects due to this horrendous sinus stuff. BUT! Business is going well. Family seems happy enough....
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What Puts the “Grand” in “Grand Jury?”
There has been a lot of discussion about grand juries and what they do. What makes them so grand? Where do they come from? How are they different from your standard (or “petit”) jury? Grand Juries were...
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Baking a Law Firm from Scratch: How to Be Both a Chef and a Lawyer
As David Seders once hilariously recounted in Me Talk Pretty One Day, the word “chef,” in french, means “boss.” Because my law firm took on an associate very soon after I had started implementing it, I...
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The Time a Senior Partner Stood Up for an Associate and Changed the Course of...
Well, that’s a dramatic title, isn’t it? But, it’s true. In 1950, Joseph McCarthy, a lawyer, former judge, and a junior senator from Wisconsin, shot to prominence by claiming that he had a list of...
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Don’t Coach Your Witness During Depositions-Here’s How to Avoid It
Sanctions may be waiting for you if your zealous defense of a deposition of your client or witness rises to the level of witness coaching. There is nothing wrong with a proper objection (I encourage...
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