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Inside the Secret Lives of Lawyers Issue
“The only people who should use the possessive ‘we’ are kings, newspaper editors, and persons with tapeworms.” – Mark Twain Dear Reader, In your hands you now hold a unique issue of the Contra Costa Lawyer: an Anthology Issue. After the past two years, we (as in the Editorial Board) have all felt that members...
Read ArticleEXCERT 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...
Read ArticleA 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...
Read ArticleSong Lyrics by Marcus Brown
“Suit Guy” by Marcus T. Brown Chorus: I used to be a suit guy Now I’m just a good old boy I traded in the Lexus For a guitar and a beat up Ford I used to have a fine woman Who kissed me and straightened my tie Till she said goodbye To the suit...
Read ArticlePerforming 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...
Read ArticleWaxing 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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