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If Philip Slein had met those stalwarts of the art world, Pablo Picasso and Max Beckmann, he first would have told them how much he admires their work — and then he would have offered to sell it for them.

Being a supportive husband, I have, on occasion, been drawn into my wife's residential housing gambit as legal counselor.

The strong and unabated interest in the sale of law practices may reflect continued economic stress, the aging of the profession, or simply a greater desire to look for greener pastures.

It is fitting that Steven Spielberg’s widely praised “Lincoln” has been released in the same period in which same-sex marriage has attracted close attention from both voters and the Supreme Court.

In the wake of the recent election, several people I know have raised the question of whether the inconsistency of the Republican Party’s views on business issues and social issues has made their candidate unelectable as president of our nation.

Washington remains essentially unaltered after last week’s election. In the states, however, referendums on same-sex marriage and medical marijuana represent genuine change -- and will have an impact at the Supreme Court as well.

Lawyers care about an expert’s credentials, how the expert’s opinions support their case, and the expert’s ability to withstand cross-examination. Experts care about their reputation and how to balance objectivity with assisting their client’s case. Jurors just want to figure out what the heck is going on.

When a man’s house has burned down and there’s a dispute over who’s at fault, discovery is a time to ask the crucial questions that will get to heart of the matter — questions like whether the homeowner was having an affair with his interior decorator.

One-issue voters have always seemed like cranks to me. It’s natural enough to have priorities, but who thinks one of them is more important than all the other political issues combined?

I enjoy traveling. Maybe it’s because I live in the Midwest, and looking at corn fields and hay bales is enough to make anyone head to the beach. Perhaps it’s because I love an excuse to get a Cinnabon at the airport. (Don’t judge until you’ve had one. They are amazing.)

The legal profession has reached a point where upheaval is the “new normal.” Certainly large law firms are changing in response to recession, technology and client demands; those firms that don’t change quickly enough, like Dewey & LeBoeuf, are doomed to swift failure.