Coronavirus Kills the Courts – Trials, Hearings & Testimony via Video No.4

Trials and Hearings Photo by Sacha T’Sas on Unsplash There is some effort to move cases along including trials and hearings via video conferencing. Here is where my support becomes a bit tepid. Important, constitutionally protected events can be addressed in the video conference. As I write my law partner Maggie Moriarty has conducted a number of final […]

Powerlifting Defeat Corona-anxiety

  Need for acceptance into the tribe is more compelling than will power Habits By now, you will have established habits to cope with living in coronavirus world.  your habits may be constructive or destructive. Your habits may have evolved. Eating and drinking to excess is an option many have adopted. Reading electronic books has […]

Coronavirus Kills the Courts — № 3 – Rule of Law

Rule of Law “The rule of law doesn’t mean the police are in charge, but that we all answer to the same laws.” Edward Snowden https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46223297-permanent-record The United States is a justifiably proud country. We have so many resources, such wealth, such brainpower, such freedom and such opportunity. Why do people rush to come to […]

Coronavirus Kills the Courts – No. 1 – Empty the Jails

Empty the Jails “COVID-19 is killing corrections officers and inmates …The states must find a way to balance public health and public safety with carefully tailored policies.” John Koufos, National Director Reentry Initiatives at Right on Crime; Op-Ed, Star-Ledger, NJ.COM, April 28, 2020; https://www.nj.com/opinion/2020/04/release-of-those-in-prison-doesnt-jeopardize-the-publics-safety.html   I enter or pass-by a Courthouse every single day. It […]

The First Eight Days of Your Divorce

I am so pleased to offer my latest Divorce and Family Law book – we reached #1 in New Releases – thanks to your purchases and reviews! Here is a snippet: If my star Divorce client was still healing from her decades old divorce, then how deep or lingering must the pain of others be? […]

Divorce and Finances

By: Jeff J. Horn, Esq.   You’re on the precipice of a divorce. Maybe it has been a long time coming or comes as a complete shock to you. Neither your mindset nor your finances are ready for the shock they will both endure through the divorce process. You can easily switch into fear mode. […]

Marriage Story – Lessons Learned

By: Jeff J. Horn, Esq.   The Netflix movie, Marriage Story, written and directed by Noah Baumbach deserves the significant news coverage it has received. The acting performances by Adam Driver as the Husband, Scarlett Johansson as the Wife, and Laura Dern as the Wife’s manipulative Hollywood lawyer have all receive award recognition. It is […]

Promises, Promises…

Guest Writer: Stacey Rose, PhD, LCSW   ‘Be impeccable with your word’ is one of the chapters in The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. (If you haven’t read his book, it’s a classic and must read!) But what does this really mean? It means when you say you are going to do something, you do it…no matter […]