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Board Certified in Texas Civil Appellate Law. “Flavor it as much as you want, it’s still just zucchini.” — Sicilian Proverb
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Reminder: Even in Texas, it’s not too late to plant some bush beans and okra.

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The notion that “God has a side on every issue”—and the implication that a certain group of humans is empowered to say what side that is—is toxic to a free democracy in a diverse society.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Surround yourself with professional colleagues who make you better at what you do.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

This is something many people don't understand about being a lawyer. I will put your interests before my own. In court, I will defend the positions you tell me to defend, even if I disagree. But I cannot and will not lie for you. Sadly, some of the people who don't understand this are lawyers.

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

Truly dire.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 38 days ago • 958 comments

Proposal: Bro = masculine Brah = feminine Bruh = gender neutral Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

submitted 49 days ago • 17 comments

For the love of Pete, stop writing your briefs in staccato. It reads like kids arguing via SnapChat. “Bruh.” —“Couldn’t be me.” — “Cap.” —“Not so.”— “Higgley-piggley.”—“Applesauce.”—“Be so for real right now.”

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Trial lawyers, I am begging you, please object to testimony like this.

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Lawyers who claim they’re just “looking out for the little guy” while lying to judges and robbing their clients blind are exhausting. Anyway. How was your week?

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

I think I want to watch Dr Who. I’ve been saving it for when I really needed it. It’s time. Where do I start?

submitted 84 days ago • 4 comments

Supplemental Trial Cannoli Report: Second week of personal injury trial in Tucson. I have a rule that I don’t pass up cannoli when I’m traveling for work. It usually brings me a little joy. This time I should have made an exception.

submitted 85 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes I wonder if I should be so transparent about being ND … and then I realize how stinking mean the world is to ND people. So here’s the deal- I like being me. I like my weird brain. It’s freaking hilarious up in here. You do you, and don’t let them tell you you’re broken.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Idk who needs to hear this but asking a question in response to an email assigning you a specific task is not the same thing as “accomplishing the task.”

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Tanaka Atsuko @artinstitutechi.bsky.social #morningart #art

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

The Bare Naked Ladies were right: the hits keep coming and they don’t stop coming

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

Mango Chamoy Sherbet + Apple Crisp is probably one of the best ideas I’ve had in the last decade.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Someone’s gotta keep the culinary gentiles away from the spanagram puzzle submissions. Or maybe the same person who thinks brisket is a Hanukah food is responsible for today’s newfangled shanda

submitted 117 days ago • 12 comments

Timeless. Goes great with my other 2 favorites: “Don’t put your feet on the dashboard” and “Give 18-wheelers plenty of space.”

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

Chocolate chip, molasses cookies, and amaretti. None of these are “pretty” but they taste amazing.

submitted 146 days ago • 2 comments

Hmmmm. Do I want to make the traditional family Christmas cookies (sand tarts, peanut butter balls, Sicilian fig cookies) or do I want to try something new? If so, what?

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

Good morning - three oral arguments again today at SCOTX. A variety of important issues: personal jurisdiction, attorney-disciplinary rules, and state constitutional freedom-of-religion protections!

submitted 157 days ago • 1 comment

Yay trains!

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

I have a Mann Act joke, but it crosses some lines…

submitted 158 days ago • 1 comment

I dreamt in a language last night that I haven’t spoken or heard in 25 years. Amazing what your brain does when you’re not looking.

submitted 158 days ago • 1 comment

I have a Harvard Law School joke, but they’ve probably already told you they went to Harvard.

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments

I¹ have² a³ great⁴ joke⁵ about⁶ law⁷ review.⁸

submitted 158 days ago • 14 comments

I had an appellate joke, but the Court of Appeals said I waived it by not bringing it to your attention earlier.

submitted 158 days ago • 1 comment

I always forget what the first week of winter is like. I’m tromping around my own house wearing a parka and sipping hot tea. Also I live in Houston and it’s 68 degrees inside. But still.

submitted 158 days ago • 0 comments