Access to Justice and the Management of Expectations
For the last 25 years, there is one theme which has been echoed more than any other at judicial conferences…
Author: Steven Platt
The Necessary Independence and Interdependence of The Judiciary and the Media
In the wake of the horrific slaughter of five community-oriented journalists, and wonderful human beings working for my hometown newspaper…
Due Process For Judges — How much?
On Friday, June 15, 2018 at the 2018 MSBA Legal Summit and Annual Meeting from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.,…
Holding Judges Accountable —– Fair Judicial Performance Evaluations Needed in Maryland
The link between the lack of progress toward abolishing contested judicial elections of circuit court judges and the failure of…
“New and Improved New Year’s Resolutions” For Judges, Politicians and Policy-Makers
As the new year approaches, I welcome the opportunity in this space provided by The Daily Record, to reflect on…
PLANNING FOR JUSTICE AFTER THE REVOLUTION
Bernie (Sanders) and Steve (Bannon) meet at the local bar, the visual of which resembles, “Cheers”, to talk about “What…
GROWTH OF CANNABIS PLANTS AND ISSUES FERTILIZES LEGAL AND ADR BUSINESS
If you think lawyers who are creative, indeed entrepreneurial, should be encouraged to ply their trade, and that emerging industries…
LAWYER’S LAWYER, BOB ZARBIN, TAKEN FAR TOO SOON
On Saturday evening, July 8, 2017, Robert Julian Zarbin, Esquire, Age 56, passed away far too soon. He was President…
Graduation Speeches to Live By
In the spirit of the season for soaring rhetoric and sometimes pious or recently even self-serving bland admonitions provided free…
The Role of the Judge in Our Society
As we watch and reflect the hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch of the 10th Circuit to be…