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…
Author: Steven Platt
“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…
Separation of Powers – Checks and Balances – A Good Thing
In the last sixty days, we have witnessed in operation, the “checks and balances” that the architects of both the…
Judicial Philosophy: Does It make A Difference?
President Trump has nominated a new Supreme Court Justice – Judge Neil Gorsuch of Colorado. In doing so, The President…
LESSONS FROM THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROFESSION TO THE WORLD OF POLITICS
By the time the column is published, Donald J. Trump will have been inaugurated as the 45th President of The…