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@Joseph
No, he’s a Brisker
But academic circumstances (2 professorships) kept them there for a time@Joseph
Nice that you can decide I should offer triple…………………….
None of this is an issue in the CTL family, not only do the ladies dress in an appropriate manner, they don’t need to be asked to do so.I believe that this is an issue a couple should have discussed before marriage, just as sheitel, hat, snood, work, where to live.
There are Mod Ortho OU. Young Israel. Chabad, JCC, Federation, Home for the aged, Chabad Day School Pre-K-12.
My nephew and family lived in Worcester for 10 years until 3 years ago when she found the commute to Harvard a bit much and they moved to Newton.
Typical OOT non-yeshiva community, which means most Jews attending Orthodox and Day schools are NOT Yeshivish or frum.
Nice thought, but out of touch with reality.
Most women have more than one dress…………
Today’s women don’t do their own sewing and add cloth to lengthen dresses or raise necklines.I can’t imagine Mrs. CTL or our daughters trading their decision making power for a little diamond ($5,000 doesn’t buy much of a quality stone these days). This is not to say the CTL women wear short lengths or low necklines).
Better to say, ‘darling that dress doesn’t flatter y, why don’t I take you shopping and treat you to a new dress that makes you look spectactular.
A “salt” was a term used to refer to sailors who worked on ocean going ships….saltwater.
These were men with gruff manners and off-color language
Lightbrite……………………
Different professional recommend different thingsMy dentist insists adult patients use mouthwash with alcohol (except those with a drinking problem or diabetes).
You use a term ‘LA” which I did not and don’t use. Paralegals and Legal Secretaries are specific job titles. An ‘LA” which I assume you mean Legal Assistant, could be anyone who works in the office, makes copies, gets coffee, distributes mail.
As the principal of a law firm, I’ll not pay attorneys $200,000 per year(or more) to type contracts and do closing papers, and file motions that a Paralegal or legal secretary can do. We don’t have junior associates like the big firms, our full-time attorneys generally are family members or promoted from within the firm. In fact our non-Jewish senior attorneys started as paralegals and or investigators. Until I retire, there will be no partners in CTL firm, then the partners will be my children and in-laws. I am willing to hire non-family members, but they know from the interview that they will never be a partner. This is just not our model and I have no reason to change. I prefer to limit the size and scope of the firm…it’s my name and my reputation.
I also won’t bill clients the $300-750 per hour that our attorneys bill for work that should be done and be billed at paralegal or legal secretary rates. Firms that do so are taking advantage of their clients.,
Technology has changed many industries including the practice of law.
True, many younger attorneys do their own typing and legal research, but I find it unethical to bill clients attorney rates for work that should be done by a paralegal or legal secretary.
I and my eldest son are the only members of my firm that have private secretaries, and these do work related to non-law firm family business (our own charitable and family trusts and investments) as well as certain discreet work that is not to be seen on networked computers.
We have no pool secretaries. We do have a closing secretary for real estate and a custody/visitation secretary for family/probate court.
Paralegals may have specialties and work in our departments such as Trusts and Estates or Contracts.This is what works for us. It is far different from when I was starting out 40 years ago and Mrs. CTL and our mothers often took files home to type, trying to keep the carbon paper aligned,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@Lightbrite
One warning if you intend to become a paralegal.
Lawyers want fresh graduates or someone with current experience. We have learned the hard way that a paralegal who takes 10 years off to have children and tries to return to the workplace is so far out of date in procedures, that the person might as well go take the course again.
Working part-time while raising children is fine for a paralegal, it keeps them up to date.@Lightbrite
Paralegal
In the CTL law office, it’s a fast paced, highly responsible job that involves, interviewing clients, doing assigned research, drafting motions for attorney approval. Electronic filing of motions and lawsuits. Acting as my assistant at trial, maintaining my case files for court.
It is a highly paid position (75K -165K), only the best satisfy my demands and expectations. It can lead to a firm paid law school education and a full time position as an attorney in the firm (currently 4 staff attorneys @CTL started as paralegals and I paid for their law school education).
Legal secretary……………..
In our firm these are highly competent secretaries that type reports, file forms, transcribe taped or recorded meetings. They generally do not do original research (as paralegals do), they do not interview clients , either. The legal secretaries may be generalists who do work assigned by the office manager, or specialists>…such as a closing secretary who organizes all documents needed for real estate closings, or a probate secretary who just handles estate paperwork and we have a custody secretary, who deals with child custody/visitation forms for divorce clients.
Our paralegals work in the office, some of our legal secretaries telecommute.
NONE are outside contractors, all are employees. As a small, closely held firm, we tend to keep employees for a long time. One current full time associate attorney (will never be a partner as they are family members only) is the daughter of a legal secretary who has worked for me 35 years. The young lady graduated college and started teaching English, but hated it. She worked for us as a secretary one summer covering vacations. I saw the quality of her writing and offered to pay for a paralegal course. She attended evenings during the school year and worked the following summer as a paralegal. She never went back to the classroom. I also paid for law school…the investment was well worth it. Unlike the big downtown firms our associates are not under pressure to bill thousands of hours and have no home life. She married two years ago and has a baby. She currently comes into the office only about 3 hours a day and does the rest of her work at home.@Gavriel
In developing nations, females do grow and sell hair for income.
Here in the USA, I know many young ladies, including my 3 youngest daughters (when single) who grew their hair long, so the minimum 8″ could be cut and donated to ‘Locks for love’…an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients who have lost their hair from chemotherapy treatments.
Youngest daughter, had extremely long, thick and fats growing hair. She did this about 6 times from the age of 12 on. When she had her hair cut before her wedding this summer, 26″ was cut into 3 hanks to donate.I must be a Barbarian
I gargle with alcoholic mouthwash several times each day.
My dentist recommends it strongly for adults.Today there are very limited choices on the market, Listerine is the prevalent brand, and Lavoris the Dentist favored brand of my childhood is still produced in Canada and available in Dollar Tree in the USA.
Most mouthwash sold in the US is alcohol free and useless for gargling…no alcohol, no killing germs.
@Yehudayona…………..
Milk .sold in NYC was traditionally done in quarts. Most people lived in apartment houses and the obligatory refrigerators supplied by landlords were quite small.
People shopped on foot and carried groceries home from the corner market,
In the 1950s and 60s I remember vending machines in the basement of my grandparents’ apartment buildings that sold quarts of milk and orange juice for 25 cents each.
It was only after the coop/condo conversion craze of the 1970s that people who now owned their apartments modernized their kitchens and put in larger appliances that half gallon milk sales skyrocketed. BUT, most NYC residents still shopped by foot and the gallon container was too heavy for shlepping home from the local store. This was also the time that milk started to be available in plastic bottles which were far lighter to carry than glass and did not have to be washed and returned.
I was born and raised in CT. When the NY relatives would visit the women would always marvel that the kitchen was so big and we had room for a 24 cu. ft fridge and a full size freezer. Our milk was delivered by a milk man and we didn’t have to be concerned about the size of the container.@lightbrite
The pumpkins won’t become a kugel, but will both make soup and pie.
The grandchildren will be munching on roasted pumpkin seeds for months to comeChief Republican Faker
Complete Russian Fool
Clueless, Ridiculous, FoolTake your choice they all mean Trump
@nisht……….
Pumpkins do not equal Halloween
They are a fall gourd.
We use them to decorate the Sukkah, as well as the front of our home
We have a historic 200+ year old home in a small Connecticut town, There is a horse drawn carriage (no horse) on our front lawn. It is decorated with seasonal growth. This time of year there is dried Indian Corn and pumpkins………
It will stay that way until after American Thanksgiving. Then we put the carriage in storage until the spring. It will be decorated with fresh flowers that vary by the season until the fall harvest from our veg patchesConvict Republicans Fast
@AviK
Goodman is not the be all to end all in legal decisions. His explanations are nice for the layman, but not the rule of law/bar standards, etc. that vary by jurisdiction.Your constant pursuit of this topic may be entertaining to you and a teaching opportunity for me, but are probably boring and off topic for most CR readers,
Please note: Mentally Defective does not equal criminally insane, and not everyone with a mental defect pleads an insanity defense. A potential 2-5 year sentence in prison, may be far more appealing than a possible lifetime in a mental institution.
Lawyers don’t have to believe in the case they are presenting, they are not paid to do so. It helps, but is not a requirement of doing one’s job.
@AviK
#1 It is not the lawyer’s place to determine the client’s best chance and force the client to accept a plea deal. The lawyer MUST represent the client’s wishes to the best of his ability.
Usually a lawyer with a client who will not speak to the lawyer or aid in the defense, has been assigned the client by the court, not taken the client with a big fat retainer check. The client may be indigent or mentally defective (not politically correct but chosen to make a point). The judge will not let you off a case like that.#2 There is a big difference from erasing something from your memory and not taking it into consideration when deliberating a verdict. It can be accomplished. Most people want to be fair.
The CT Supreme Court (our highest appeals court…unlike NY where it is a trial court) set down rules decades ago about these volunteer juror panels that generally restricts them to civil trials to assure criminal defendants get a true ‘Jury of their peers’ drawn from a cross section of society. That’s why CT does not only call registered voters, but also uses drivers license and registration lists to call potential jurors.
@AviK
#1 Permission to withdraw is usually granted if the attorney is severely ill, becomes aware of a conflict of interest after taking the case (e.g. a late witness is added to the other side’s list and the attorney has represented this witness, or the witness is a current client, friend or relative), the client refuses to speak with or aid the attorney in the client’s defense. When my mother died the judge would not let me withdraw from a civil case under trial (there was no jury) he adjourned for 2 weeks.
#2 Do I believe juries ignore everything they are told to ignore? NO, but small town educated juries are more apt to follow the judge’s instructions than large city, lower income, less educated juries.
We have a pool of middle aged and senior citizen volunteer jurors in our district who actually enjoy serving on civil trials. They are on a volunteer list. Many are retired educators who take civic responsibility to heart. They tend to both understand boring expert testimony and to follow the judge’s instruction to a T#3 Jury nullification is a TV and high profile criminal case thing. Most of us practicing attorneys have never run into it.
@jj2020
Witnesses give sworn testimony. They swear or affirm that they will tell the truth and are subject to criminal prosecution for perjury if they are found to lie under oath.
Nothing the attorneys, bailiff, judge say is sworn testimony. it is peripheral and not to be considered by the jury when considering guilt.
Please don’t confuse moral with legal or actual. They are different things.@Joseph
My collection has two distinct focal points.
#1 US and colonial 18th and 19th Century coins in silver or gold specializing in rate dates and short lived mints such as Dahlonega and Charlotte.
#2 Gold coinage of the minor European principalities, duchies, kingdoms before the amalgamation into modern countries such as Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia.I also have a small representation of ancient Roman and Judean coins.
The value of my collection is not something I’d disclose to anyone except my insurance carrier.
The only person in the courtroom who must tell the truth is a witness on the stand. The attorneys (plaintiff, prosecutor, defendant) are not given sworn testimony. In fact there opening and closing statements are not testimony, they are meant to sway the trier of fact (judge or jury) to decide in a given way.
The judge when rendering decisions on objections, admissions of evidence; charging the jury and explaining the law is giving his/her interpretation, not issuing truths,
@AviK
I presented scenarios as an educational tool.
As I’ve stated many tines I don’t practice Criminal Law.Contrary to your opinion, a lawyer can not just withdraw from a case at will. He needs the permission of the judge (which is not often granted for the reasons you state).
Secondly, you may think something immoral…that’s by your or Judaism’s moral standards. Government courts deal with society’s morals, they are different. Attorneys must adhere to a Professional Code of Ethics or be subject to sanctions/penalties,consequences.
An attorney is obligated to present plea offers to the client, but the attorney cannot make the client accept them.
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If the defense attorney’s name is on the prosecutor’s witness list, the judge will excuse the defense attorney from the case. One of the major reasons is that witnesses are not generally allowed to enter the courtroom before being called to the stand (unless a party to the action) because their testimony might be colored by what has transpired in the trial before they are called. If the defense attorney is not in the courtroom, he can’t effectively defend the client.@ZD
Collecting coins is not just gashmius and the way of the goyim. It is a great way to teach a child world history and geography.
It is also a possible investment
Unlike paintings and other valuables that people may collect, coins are small and easily transportable. Many people have used them to bribe their way across borders and effect ransoms in times of dangerThings to check>>>>
Calibration of oven
Using dark colored metal baking pans not disposables
Pyrex needs to bake at 25 degrees F lower temp
Is the oven fully preheated
Is the cake on the center rack and the ONLY item in the oven
Did you make sure to use LARGE eggs in the mix….that is the size commercial recipes call for in the US, larger eggs in the batter require longer baking times.Remember: cooking is an art, baking is a science. It requires accurate measurements, time and temperature
My Vegan/Celiac Niece-in-law makes this and it is quite good. She does not remember where she got the recipe (it is not her own).
10 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
½ cup (1 stick) margarine
¼ cup non-dairy creamer
1 teaspoon salt
2 onions, sliced
2 tablespoons oil
½ teaspoon sugar
Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer until potatoes are soft – about 20 to 30 minutes. Drain and mash with margarine, non-dairy creamer and salt. Spread potatoes in a greased 9 x 13-inch pan and smooth top.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sauté onions over low to medium heat until lightly browned – about 10 minutes. Add sugar and sauté 5 minutes more. Lay across top of the potatoes. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes.@AviK
One of the first things law students are taught in their first Criminal law class is don’t ask your client of he did the act for which he/she is charged.Again, I don’t practice criminal law, but I do teach as an adjunct professor at a law school and have taught Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility.
If your client admits to having committed the act with which he/she is charged. The lawyer is required to enter a non-guilty plea if that is the wish of the client.
This plea is often entered at the arraignment and/or bail hearing. It is useful in negotiating a plea bargain with the prosecutor. The client may never go to trial to decide guilt, only before the judge for the acceptance of the plea bargain and for sentencing.
If the client goes to trial for the crime charged, the lawyer must defend the client to the best of his ability. This is usually done by presenting alternative theories of the crime: who else, had motive, opportunity, access, etc. This is not the lawyer making a statement that the client is not guilty, but presenting scenarios that could raise doubt in the eyes of the trier of fact (judge and/or jury). What the lawyer may not do is put the client ion the stand if he knows the client will be lying. I have discussed this in an earlier reply.Example> my client John Doe is arrested and charged with shoplifting under $200 worth of merchandise. This would be a misdemeanor charge of larceny in the sixth degree in CT. Client tells me he took the goods from the store without paying. I go with client to arraignment, enter the plea of not guilty and he is released on a promise to appear. If he entered a plea of guilty, he would immediately be taken into custody and could be held in jail for up to two business days until he went before a judge for sentencing. He would then on a first offence be offered accelerated rehabilitation. Make restitution, stay clean for a year, pay court costs and all records would be wiped out in one year. If it was a 2nd or 3rd offense, then he’d probably get ordered to pay restitution, a fine, 90 day sentence, suspended and probation for a year.
If he pleads not guilty and has no appreciable record, the prosecuting attorney will want to clear the workload and will offer a small fine, no jail time or probation. No need to be held in jail awaiting a trial. If no previous record, accelerated rehabilitation will be offered. In both these cases with no trial, the client will not be made to pay court costs.
Felonies are different, but pleading your client not guilty may allow him to be out on bail while awaiting trial. A guilty plea usually means instant incarceration
Me, since 1960
Has given me countless hours of pleasure and education, and much profit over the decades.
I bought my first house with the profitable sale of coins from my collection back in the mid 1970s.90% of civil disputes are resolved without a trial. This includes arbitration. Most Americans don’t realize how often they waive their right to a trial and have agreed to binding arbitration with banks, retailers, etc. Read your credit card agreements and you will find you can’t go to court. Most people agree to terms of use on the internet without ever reading the terms.
Many of the 10% that go to trial are resolved before a verdict is rendered.Most attorneys never litigate a case. In the British legal system there are Solicitors who do the bulk of legal work and Barristers who only appear in court hired by the solicitors.
The shul I grew up in had the custom that hats were not worn in davening, only yarmulkes. Some members who wore caps all day at work would arrive in shul, remove their caps, don a yarmulke from the box and daven. After davening they’d reverse the process.
@Avi
A lawyers job is to advocate for the interests of the client to the best of the lawyer’s ability. It is NOT against the Code of Ethics top enter a not-guilty plea for a client the lawyer “knows’ to be guilty. The attorney cannot allow that client to take the stand and testify falsely. If the client insists on taking the stand, the lawyer is obligated to meet with the judge and prosecutor in chambers and say that he is opposed to the client testifying and expects it will not be truthful.
Because the standard of criminal doubt is beyond a reasonable doubt, a lawyer with a ‘guilty’ client who pleads not guilty may present alternative theories of the crime which raise doubt.Here in OOT America a Beis Din usually has to be brought in from the big city at a great expense and non-frum people are not interested. Unlike in Israel, judge here refer to secular mediation venues.
@chabadgal
I am old enough and wise enough to avoid being baited.
This thread was started by Joseph ion what appears to be a troll mode.
When the Shakespeare quote was posted, my decision was reinforced.As I have posted in the past:
I don’t practice criminal law
The vast majority of my clients are not Jewish
I insist Jewish Divorce clients go through the Get process.
In CT, the family court judges will (not must) include the requirements of obtaining a Get and who pays for it in the civil divorce decree. I achieved this about 20 years ago.I encourage Jews seeking to sue a Jew to use the services of a Beis Din, but the few Jews I represent are usually not frum and that idea means nothing to them.
The typical Jew I represent is dealing with Probate Court (Surrogate’s Court for you NYers)>wills, adoptions, name changes, not suing other people.As others have said there is much work a Jewish lawyer can do without violating halacha. We have to pick and choose what we do, as in any other profession.
@uncleBen
I spend less than 30 minutes per day on the CR
Usually while on placed on hold during a telephone call
This is actually the case as I type. It’s 6:21 AM here in CT I’m on hold with a client’s bank in Europe, where they are seeking confirmation of some transactions.@UncleBen
B”H I’m quite healthy. Coffee has a calming effect on me, not a stimulant. I have a mug before bed each night to relax me and I sleep a deep and comfortable sleep.
My parents also slept only 4 hours per night and neither one drank coffee@DovidBT
Eating coffee grounds stains the teeth.Here in the country they go in the compost pile and areused in next year’s vegetable patch@Reb Yidd23
Was the brewing system comment directed at me?If so, most of the time I use a French Press, otherwise a stove top percolator.
I do not care for most drip brew systems……………………………..
No reason to reinvent the wheel…I’m a Lawyer not an engineerFor large crowds, we use 60 cup Farberware samovar style urns.
Lightbrite…………..
I am awake (up dressed, out of bed) 20 hours a day.
I drink about 8 cups of coffee each day
I drink about one gallon of spring water each day as well
6 ounces juice with breakfast
maybe 8 ounces of milk in any given week
Ice Tea in the summer
Hot tea only for a cold or sore throatI must disagree with the premise of home made wine being superior to purchased wine.
I love a good Red.
1961 was a great year (vintage). My father laid down quite a few cases. ( I was far too young to have made my own in that year) we drank some at our daughter’s chasunah this summer.As for coffee, I do buy already brewed outside the house. In the house we roast and grind our own beans. Since I drink about 8 cups a day it’s worth the effort for great coffee
If cooking steaks, chops or burgers on the outdoor grill a sprinkling of salt on both sides will help develop a wonderful crust. This keeps the meat juicy at high heat.
The only time I salt meat before cooking indoors is if I’m making hamburgers in a cast iron pan. It would have to be a blizzard or hurricane for me not to be grilling them outdoors.@akuperma
I understand the British legal system that existed in the colonies.
Your post did not refer to that but the ‘original language of the Constitution in 1775’ which is why I called you out.
I know all about the Articles of Confederation and other documents that predated the Constitution. They contained no 2nd Amendment.There were Jews in New Haven Colony….my birth town from the 1600s, the same in the Colony of New York.
No Colony was owned by a Quaker. The Colonies were owned by the Crown, Charters were issued to individuals, such as the Quaker in PA.,I grew up in New Haven. Back in the 1950s and early 60s each house had a concrete liner in the ground with a removable waste pail for food garbage (it had a step on lid to open). The city put contract out to bid with pig farmers who bought and collected the food waste weekly.
By the mid 1960s most homes had garbage disposals so the program was discontinued….no farmers bid as the amount of waste had fallen to far to make collection economically feasible.My current town collects leaves in the fall. Yard waste cannot be left for the garbagemen, either mulch it back into the lawn or bag it and take it to the transfer station yourself
@Lightbrite
Sideboards, Buffets, Servers, Consoles are made to stand against a wall and unfinished on the rear. They do not have storage above the counter level (usually not taller than 41″
A wall unit is not finished on the rear and is placed back to the wall,
An Etagere is finished on all sides and is often used freestanding as a room dividerIn addition to sofa, couch and Chesterfield, is Divan and Chaise Longue (long, not lounge).
Shorter couches (2 places) may be called Settees or Love Seats@akuperma
‘the original language back in 1775’ You need a course in Constitutional Law…I’ll be teaching one this coming spring semester.REALLY?????????????
The Constitution was not drafted until 1787 and ratified by 1789. The Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10) date from 1791.
Certainly, the Quakers of Pennsylvania did NOT belong to the State Church and support the King of England, the titular head of the church.