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  • creative outlets for attorneys
  • May 2022
EXCERT FROM A NOVEL:  Smarter Than That

PROLOGUE  – SEPTEMBER 2016 I always assumed I’d write a novel someday; I just never figured on penning a memoir. But let me assure you, dear reader, this modern-day tragedy will be all the more juicy for its truthfulness. As it happens, today is my 55th birthday. What better time to relay my admittedly schmaltzy...

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  • Adventures with Attorneys
  • May 2022
A New Adventure for Bob Jacobs

When I first met Jerie (now my wife) 35+ years ago, she was getting ready to do a full-time volunteer service mission. Thankfully she consented to hang her hat with me instead – but I promised her that I would take her on just such an adventure someday. Well, that time has now arrived. The...

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  • creative outlets for attorneys
  • May 2022
Performing and Visual Artists in Our Bar Association

According to a joke, the difference between lawyers and accountants is that accountants know they are boring. We at Contra Costa Lawyer, however, beg to differ. We believe lawyers are a colorful bunch, fun to be around, with rich and fully realized personal and creative lives. As we set out to find proof of this...

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  • creative outlets for attorneys
  • May 2022
Waxing Poetic

I was born and was raised In The Canadian Prairies, With kilometers of wheat And countless plots of dairies. I aspired to live That great Cali life, And fortunately, in law school Met my Californian wife. In 1993 I embarked naïve, As a fresh faced, new lawyer No skills, just belief. And through all these...

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  • creative outlets for attorneys
  • May 2022
The Actor

You get an audition notice. You look at the sides. You say – “I can do this!” But what are the odds? Three thousand to one; 10,000 to one; a million to one? If that really bothers you (or you’re sane or practical or just not a bit crazy), then stop. Don’t go into that...

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  • Featured
  • May 2022
EXCERPT FROM A MYSTERY NOVEL: Nine Tenths of the Law

Chapter 1 My name is Zara. I was born Zara Persil. Now I’m Zara Persil-Pendleton. In college I said that Zara was short for Zarathustra. That’s the kind of pedant I was. While ostensibly I’ve followed my husband Sam on his sabbatical to New York City, I’ve really come to New York to find my...

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