Attorney, Author and Philanthropist
I wasn’t the first person to beat a hasty retreat out of Brooklyn. Try August 8th, 1776. We were losing the battle of Long Island to the British. American casualties numbered three thousand. British, three hundred and ninety-two. General William Howe had Washington’s troops trapped on Brooklyn Heights. Washington decided, as did I sometime later,…
Envoi is not a word that we see or hear often. In fact, I don’t ever remember using it. My British editor suggested it to conclude my book Miami Memoirs (available on Amazon and gets five stars). I believe that envoi is a final statement, a summation, concluding words. So, at the end we look…
My latest podcast The Nurse Philanthropist, tells the story of Ida, the nurse philanthropist. This very modest lady left what I thought would be a few thousand dollars to Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital. It turned out to be one million five hundred thousand dollars. She was recognized by having a nurse’s lounge name after her…
Here’s some helpful information. if you get totally lost and disoriented in the jungle look for a tennis court. They are almost always laid out North to South. Roger Federer has earned over one billion dollars from tournament and endorsements during his career. Last year was a Covid disaster, nevertheless, even fighting injuries Djokovic made…
Who am I to question a decision of the United States Supreme Court? I’m a ninety-one-year-old lawyer who in over sixty years of practice never even had a case before the Court. I just recently had the opportunity to read the entire ninety-eight-page proposed opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. I also read parts…