Update: Perspective

For those of you following my good friends, Adam and Gina Echols' story, I have a happy update for you! (Click here to read my earlier blog post about them.)

Justice today may need tomorrow's perspective

While I was doing a background check on someone, I came across this photo:

Discover Facebook, it's case law!

A Pennsylvania court recently ruled that postings on Facebook pages are discoverable.  The court ordered the plaintiff to provide their user name and password to allow production of posted information. Largent v. Reed, Case No. 2009-1823 (C.P. Franklin Nov. 8, 2011) includes an opinion from Judge Richard J. Walsh discussing social media electronic discovery. 

Update

Thanks to everyone for continuing to read my blog, and for your emails. It's been months since my last post. I've had a lot of personal things going on, including the death of my father. I will be back to blogging soon, but need a little more time.

Sunrise

Sometimes...

Sometimes we have bad days.

Quote of the Day

Funny photo

This photo has no legal relevance, but I thought it was funny enough to share...

Forgery is not an option

The other day, one of the newby paralegals came to me and asked how to send something out. I noticed it wasn't drafted correctly, so I mentioned it to her and told her she would need to get the client to re-sign the document. She told me JD filled it out incorrectly. She told me that when she mentioned the mistakes to JD, he asked her to change the document and forge the client's signature.  Paralegal refused and told JD he could forge it, but she wasn't going to. He got angry at her, yelled at her and she changed a couple things on the already signed document.

Importance of mentorship

I came to this profession with no experience, no idea about how the law worked, and no idea I was getting myself into a career. The road was bumpy along the way. I am so thankful that so many people along the way were willing to take their valuable time to mentor me and show me the ins and outs of the trade.  I absolutely would not be where I am today without their help.