Many years ago I started to study and speak on a topic I called Lawyer Happiness. Part of it involved the struggle to achieve balance for lawyers in their work and lives. During that study I attended a presentation on “Achieving Sacred Balance”. (Sign me up again…)  I learned there that balance and success depends […]

Law and humor collided recently when defense attorney Don West told a knock-knock joke to begin his opening statement in the trial of George Zimmerman.  (“Knock knock. Who’s there? George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman who?  Congratulations you’re on the jury.”) The joke went nowhere and West was almost universally panned:  “Inappropriate.  Astounding.  Unprofessional in such a […]