Back To The Future
For 15 years, while maintaining a busy ADR Practice, working with some outstanding lawyers and Senior Judges, as well as…
Author: Steven Platt
LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND EXPERTS: THEIR CHANGING RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
In my thirty years as a Judge on three different Maryland Trial Courts and the last 16 years as a…
THE INTERSECTION OF ADVOCACY AND FINANCIAL FORENSICS: THE ROLE OF THE EXPERT IN 21 ST CENTURY DISPUTE RESOLUTION
(Revisited and Revised) INTRODUCTION: Almost five years ago I penned an article similarly titled which some years later was published…
Does Judicial Philosophy Make a Difference? 2022 Edition
I have written on this subject previously. The first time was in 2017 when the former President Donald J. Trump…
The War Against Certification and Credentialing Organizations
The author in this article discusses cases where members of credentialing organizations sue the organization for injunctive relief and monetary…
The Role of the Judge in Our Society
As we watch and reflect the hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson to be a Justice of The…
Remarks at “Vintage of The Valley Event” Hosted by Strasburg, VA Heritage Association
THE STRASBURG “SILK MILL”/” TEXTILE MILL” THE “FAMILY BUSINESS” It is difficult to describe the gratitude that I felt and…
Lawyers, The Judiciary, and the Media – A Symbiotic Relationship
In my last Commentary which addressed, “The Necessary Independence and Interdependence of the Judiciary and the Media,” I explained the…
The Necessary Independence and Interdependence of the Judiciary and the Media
In the wake of the completion of the trial of the individual whom a jury found “criminally responsible” for the…
Transitioning Off the Bench and Then Some
My transition off The Bench was punctuated by my entry into several worlds which differed greatly from “The Bench,”…