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Article 9
I'm setting up this year's annual trek to Los Angeles for the LA Triathlon. Let's do it! If interested in doing a relay, I will assemble a "Myers Urbatsch Team." I am going to do the individual,...
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I love trial lawyers. Especially good plaintiff's lawyers. Like John O'Quinn, a Texas trial lawyer, who won literally billions of dollars for his clients, in difficult cases against gargantuan...
View ArticleJudge Harpo Myers
I thought about running for judge today. I would have to run - the governor wouldn't likely appoint me (although we share a lot of similar thinking). So in my fantasy world of "Judge Myers," I came up...
View ArticleClass Warfare in Tax Policy
I agree with Republicans on many things, one of which is that tax policy should avoid re-distribution of wealth. However, the conclusion this policy impels is not what most wealthy Republicans would...
View ArticleA Warm Wind At the Backs of Some, Generated Off the Backs of Others
Yesterday, I learned in this Mother Jones article that workers have increased their contribution to government revenue disproportionately since 1980. In other words, payroll tax (paid by workers) is a...
View ArticleWinehouse's Divorce Motivated Proper Estate Planning
It appears that Amy Winehouse actually had a working, current estate plan. According to this US News report, it was Britain's default laws that favor ex-spouses that motivated her and her lawyers to...
View ArticleReferring Clients and Others to Financial Advisors
I hope I will continue to say that I am learning something 20 years from now. This past quarter, I learned how to refer different kinds of people to other professionals. This is my synopsis of the...
View ArticleThe Pesky Salesman is Your Buddha
Even the lowliest servant views with disdain a vendor's marketing pitch. The same servant wonders why his employer does not respond to his entreaty for more paying work.I have joined, belonged,...
View ArticleThe Five-Trust Solution for Same-Sex Married Couples in California
Unique estate planning issues are experienced by same-sex married couples. After considerable internal deliberation among our firm's five (5) estate-planning lawyers, we believe we have found a...
View ArticlePractice Value, Cessation, and Succession for an Estate Planning Practice
We spend time and interest in the early part of our estate-planning practices thinking about “marketing ideas” and business-development projects that would generate more leads and ultimately more...
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