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Archives for January 2011

Visconti House: cozy and quiet Italian food

First things first: if you’re not looking for Visconti House, you’re not going to find it. Snuggled back from the main road in Holladay, not far from City Hall, it feels like you’re heading up into a residential neighborhood. Tucked back away from the road, the Visconti House is quiet, discrete, and cozy. I visited […]

Utah takes up a cause we can all agree on

It is always a pleasant surprise when I find myself sitting next to someone doing something significant for little reward, applause, recognition, if any at all. Today, I sat next to a fellow attorney in a meeting as our general counsel announced that this attorney, a man with many decades of legal experience more  than myself and something of […]

Why this post is short

I had an irritating experience today and, because I thought it would carry some relevant insights, I quickly wrote it up into a post. As I prepared to hit the PUBLISH button, something suggested that I should ask my Number One to read it, which she did. And glad I was. On her wise advice, […]

Trends pointing towards a uniform bar exam?

Remember taking the bar? Remember how much fun it was? Now, imagine taking it again…in a different jurisdiction. Attorneys do it every day, but it is an experience that no attorney looks forward to with any kind of happy anticipation. Well, at least not any that I know. It means two (or three, in some […]

Law Practice Tip #5: Three steps to a handwritten ‘Thank You’ card

Strictly speaking, my tip for today–to send, thoughtful,  hand written “thank you” notes–is not just a tip for your law practice, but one of those commonsense touches that has been almost forgotten. In a time when electronic communication is ubiquitous, be it by email, Twitter, Facebook, or text message, the literally written word takes on […]