tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post771872005374139200..comments2023-11-23T02:12:35.461-08:00Comments on <center>las vegas law blog</center>: Positively Glowinglaw.dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12091995027411414418noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-66597241765844193022017-06-27T16:34:19.028-07:002017-06-27T16:34:19.028-07:00Does this mean federal court cases are effectively...Does this mean federal court cases are effectively over? Summary judgment in favor of the banks? I don't practice this area of law, but it's an interesting legal conundrum. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-73795795549742157242017-06-27T12:52:07.563-07:002017-06-27T12:52:07.563-07:00I agree with 12:41. The RJ could have/should have ...I agree with 12:41. The RJ could have/should have picked a more appropriate subject for the article, but I don't think the attorney was trying to compare herself to a poverty level working mom. I've heard from many people that her firm's work life balance is really exceptional. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-57640888416514661212017-06-27T12:41:59.264-07:002017-06-27T12:41:59.264-07:00"Normal people are rolling their eyes at a 2-..."Normal people are rolling their eyes at a 2-attorney family complaining about expenses." - I don't think the attorney interviewed was complaining. She gave a lot of credit to her firm and recognized she was the exception. I don't see anywhere in the article where she complained about anything. Plus, it's the RJ. Who knows what she was asked versus what came out in the article. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-72815791418279584522017-06-27T11:49:12.861-07:002017-06-27T11:49:12.861-07:00@11:55/5:36, the following is from your original p...@11:55/5:36, the following is from your original post: <br /><br />"This attorney, who is also married to an attorney, is probably in the upper one percentile of the most fortunate and successful working mothers. Why devote virtually the entire article to detailing her supposedly difficult plight(which, in itself, is a ludicrous premise) when there are hoards of single working moms struggling at the poverty level?"<br /><br />Please explain how you were not saying that it is ludicrous for a mother (married or not) who makes above the poverty line("in the upper one-percentile...") to be struggling. Your own words, it's a "ludicrous premise." Nevermind. Let's move on to today's blog postings. <br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-58342797909057176132017-06-27T10:07:24.359-07:002017-06-27T10:07:24.359-07:00My pleasure.My pleasure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-42786737494407808612017-06-27T08:52:04.399-07:002017-06-27T08:52:04.399-07:00Thank you for the rant.Thank you for the rant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-30610257416215707852017-06-27T08:18:25.156-07:002017-06-27T08:18:25.156-07:00Surprised nobody mentioned the criminal defense at...Surprised nobody mentioned the criminal defense attorney who was indicted along with the Vagos motorcycle club members. Disturbing trend going after the lawyers who defend groups. Consigliere types. First the mafia now the biker lawyers. Granted the Vagos are no angels but they are entitled to a defense of their choice. The Vagos refer to their lawyers as "shysters." <br />https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/los-angeles-defense-attorney-charged-in-racketeering-indictment/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-19031970288274425392017-06-27T01:03:21.125-07:002017-06-27T01:03:21.125-07:00@10:26, Than you for sharing your story. I'm ...@10:26, Than you for sharing your story. I'm sorry for the many hardships that you had to endure, but you gave your kids far more than a privileged life ever could have... You gave them life skills and the ability to handle what life will throw at them at unexpected moments. They understand the value of money, the concept of sacrifice and the ability to budget and make informed choices. They also know the difference between needs and wants... something the majority of people, high income earners included, never seem to grasp.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-21968273535911564922017-06-27T00:44:57.769-07:002017-06-27T00:44:57.769-07:001:44 has it completely correct. Life is all about...1:44 has it completely correct. Life is all about determining what is important to you, and what things you are willing to compromise/give up to obtain the important items.<br /><br />If spending greater time with your children, you may have to sacrifice on the financial areas, but many families raise their children without expensive camps, private schools, elite daycare, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-9450633159618413042017-06-26T22:26:17.124-07:002017-06-26T22:26:17.124-07:00I have a suggestion, maybe those people who are ma...I have a suggestion, maybe those people who are making a good living, and struggling, go into these lower income communities and do some community service in the form of how expensive it is to raise a child. Welfare and minimum wage jobs don't quite cover the outrageous costs of diapers, formula, child care (which can exceed your weekly income if you're at minimum wage). Go out there and encourage them to get an education, build a budget, understand that there are some real hard core costs that come with raising a child. Yeah, I know, I'm an elitist. I was that mother who was married, had kids, then divorced, with half an income and a father who refused to pay child support, or contribute one dime to any of the costs of the children and I survived, worked, and yes, sadly, couldn't be there for my kids all the time, most times - and they survived and are productive young adults who got an education, know how to budget their money, know they aren't having kids anytime soon, if ever, and I'm ok with that. A little sad I may never have grandchildren, but I know they are fully aware of the responsibilities of having a child.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-14138589827762814242017-06-26T22:23:34.588-07:002017-06-26T22:23:34.588-07:00To 6:36: You are the type of commentator who needs...To 6:36: You are the type of commentator who needs to get a life. You apparently have nothing intelligent to say about this or any other topic, nor can you even articulate why you feel this topic is not worthy of debate.<br /><br />If you are the commentator who never has anything to contribute except a frivolous,yet sweeping condemnation of anyone who wants to discuss a subject with a degree of passion and intelligence, why do you even visit the blog?If you never weigh in on a topic, but merely attack anyone who wants to discuss a topic, why don't you get a life and expend your efforts elsewhere.<br /><br />Why do people need to "get a life" because they choose to discuss some news story with a degree of passion and vigor? If you feel "get a life" is a sufficient explanation, I can assure you that for all those who weigh in on this issue, or the dozens of other issues, I can assure it is not sufficient.<br /><br />So,Great One, why don't you enlighten me and the unwashed masses as to why we are stupid and wasting our time to discuss this and the other issues on the blog. Please inform me, and the others, as to what topics are worthy of debate and which would not generate your snide, juvenile condemnation. Again, Great One, I am too stupid to understand why this discussion, concerning the news article about working mothers, is of no interest and import. I suppose we need your permission in the future as to what issues we may discuss<br /><br />If you have never weighed in on an issue except to condemn people for considering the topics sufficient of discussion, then you are the one who should get a life.<br /><br />Go read a philosophical tome, or a great work of literature, and let us baboons discuss these topics you are convinced are stupid and insignificant.anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15802678881361004465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-81360208924598836562017-06-26T19:22:33.140-07:002017-06-26T19:22:33.140-07:00No one is interested in doing the wild thing with ...No one is interested in doing the wild thing with you, Jake.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-29450205681898919572017-06-26T18:53:55.706-07:002017-06-26T18:53:55.706-07:00to all the single ladies I can pay you $150 an hou...to all the single ladies I can pay you $150 an hour to make me holler. do that 3 times a week and you just paid for child care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-25056119316463135712017-06-26T18:38:00.532-07:002017-06-26T18:38:00.532-07:00Remind me not to use your restroom, gross.Remind me not to use your restroom, gross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-14390364808848097422017-06-26T18:36:05.852-07:002017-06-26T18:36:05.852-07:00Wow, whaboom, you people need to get a life.Wow, whaboom, you people need to get a life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-64913200823704805412017-06-26T17:48:59.301-07:002017-06-26T17:48:59.301-07:00I think you are being a bit harsh on the commentat...I think you are being a bit harsh on the commentator, but I think you are essentially correct in your premise that the article should not have focused on the couple and the situation that it did.<br /><br />I think a lot of this unpleasant debate could have been avoided, as 2:39 indicates, if the article had selected a different headline, different lead-in paragraph, etc. If the main point is about the expensive costs of the daycare and the like, that should have been made clear right from the top and in the headline.<br /><br />Instead, by headlining it about how working moms struggle, and then to focus on a couple both of who are full-time attorneys working for salary(neither is in private practice with over-head. Both are always guaranteed their pay check like clock work), really misses the boat.<br /><br />As you suggest, a far better, and far more common face, for the plight of working moms is some single mom who is a cashier. That situation is like a hundred or so times more common than a working mom in a two attorney marriage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-86439797547660100762017-06-26T17:36:00.549-07:002017-06-26T17:36:00.549-07:00Hey 12:27(3:16) It's 11:55(2:31). Please conce...Hey 12:27(3:16) It's 11:55(2:31). Please concentrate on reading a little closer. As far as the "preposterous notion" that only single working mothers at the poverty level struggle, I never said that, nor did I remotely imply it, nor did I ever think it.<br /><br />In fact I absolutely conceded, and enthusiastically agreed with your point that even attorneys earning a good income could struggle due to enormous student loans, crippling day care and private school costs, etc., etc., etc.<br /><br />I was merely making the point that when presenting an article on struggling working moms, they should not have profiled a home where both <br />parents live in the home in an intact marriage, both are full-time attorneys, and the mom receives 12 weeks of paid maternal leave. Despite your struggles and challenges,and admittedly mine as well, are you really so shut off from the world not to realize 90%+ of working moms in the county are far, far worse off? Many of them do not have a spouse or partner, drift from one minimum wage job to another, and if they take off to have a baby they simply don't get paid. My point was that they should have profiled a couple of those people, and not a home with two attorney incomes.<br /><br />I hate to insult you, but you are so dogged and obstinate about some crystal clear truths I must surmise at least two things:<br /><br />(1) That, despite your purported struggles, you are somewhat elitist and insulated from the real world. Do you have real flesh and blood clients with real problems reflected in the community, or are you some research/ number-crunching moll, or whatever?<br /><br />(2) Until you refine your skills, and learn to, at least on some rudimentary level, understand what you are hearing and reading, you should not appear in court nor should you write briefs on behalf of clients. You will get devoured by the first judge you aggressively argue with while you are actually agreeing with them. Most of them(or, at least many of them) are reasonably patient and will allow you to make a record when you don't agree with them. But if a judge says the key to an issue is A, B &C, and you tell him/her how "preposterous" they are for believing that, imagine how they will react when you aggressively argue against them and say the key to an issue is A, B & C--exactly what the judge just said.<br /><br />Might be a good idea to save such knee-jerk, hyper-aggression to those you actually disagree with on important matters. To attack and condemn people as "preposterous"--who pretty much made the precise observations you did and are largely in agreement, does not bode well for your future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-13413106417192206862017-06-26T16:26:14.617-07:002017-06-26T16:26:14.617-07:00This is an interesting discussion. I can empathiz...This is an interesting discussion. I can empathize with those attorneys working hard for $100k and supporting two kids and paying for child care. It's hard, and it sucks. And structural changes should be made to bring down the cost of education, among other things. <br /><br />The reality is still that someone making $100k and support two kids--even after paying for childcare, is above where most people are. My first job was making $60k a year, and I had four kids. My income did escalate quickly, but I also remembering having similar if not exact feelings. So I hustled and worked hard to make more. <br /><br />Then, I had the opportunity to be in a position doling out welfare to people in need. and I realized how great I actually had it. I was never gambling a paycheck just because winning was the only way I would make my bills. I wasn't sleeping around for special favors from creditors, friends or "benefactors". I may have not been putting money away to save, or in some months, may have been digging a deeper hole with credit cards. But I also wasn't in danger of being evicted any day, even though I was behind on my mortage and in over my head on my house. Through those experiences it became clear to me that one person's "needs" are quite different from another person's "needs". I knew some people who were constantly selling their stuff to make their bills, or buying stuff at garage sales cheap to turn around and sell it for a profit. Hard way to make a living. Certainly much harder than my $100k+ desk job. <br /><br />Good luck to everyone out there struggling. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-74300319057192044552017-06-26T16:11:13.581-07:002017-06-26T16:11:13.581-07:00Come on! It's the RJ. It's not NYT or Wa...Come on! It's the RJ. It's not NYT or WaPo. It's a good story for local news. Get over your "case of the Mondays."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-16364207149378623802017-06-26T15:22:14.849-07:002017-06-26T15:22:14.849-07:001:44 vastly over-simplifies almost everyone's ...1:44 vastly over-simplifies almost everyone's life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-65950832657904449422017-06-26T15:16:07.322-07:002017-06-26T15:16:07.322-07:0012:27 pm here, I am in no way "insisting"...12:27 pm here, I am in no way "insisting" that it was appropriate to profile an attorney couple in the article. My gripe was with 11:55am's preposterous notion that only single working moms at the poverty level struggle. I am a single mother of two that makes six figures, but struggles to make ends meet. I'm not looking for sympathy, nor do I want it. But do not for a second believe that just because I'm an attorney that somehow made all money troubles go away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-14407439024790341152017-06-26T14:39:57.654-07:002017-06-26T14:39:57.654-07:00I think the real problem is the title of the artic...I think the real problem is the title of the article. It appears that the author is trying to make a point that high quality, affordable child care is severely lacking in Nevada, but just did a really crappy job of writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-28189751753876337082017-06-26T14:31:22.609-07:002017-06-26T14:31:22.609-07:0011:55 here again. I hear what 12:27 is saying and ...11:55 here again. I hear what 12:27 is saying and my situation, and expenses, are eerily similar, and it does not leave much over at the end of the months.<br /><br />But, I still contend that we, and others who are fortunate enough, and yes, work hard and sacrifice enough, to achieve being<br />attorneys, are not the people who should have been the face of the article.<br /><br />Most of us will advance and earn more throughout the years(eventually making student loans and the sacrifices of the early, lean years a distant memory). But for the masses of working mothers out there, those mothers will actually become less employable and less healthy as they age. Therein lies the difference. Most attorneys have a real ability through hard work and perseverance to improve over the years. Young mothers at the poverty level do not.<br /><br />That all said, 12:27 insists it was appropriate to profile this working mom who is an attorney. If so, they should have at least not picked one who is married to an attorney as well. They could have found one who is the sole or primary support of the household. But, no matter how dire the young women in the article claims her plight is, there are two attorney salaries coming into the household. Therefore, I still maintain it was absurd to select her as the face of the suffering masses as to this (very legitimate) issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-57645287647668107802017-06-26T14:21:35.094-07:002017-06-26T14:21:35.094-07:00Jesus 12:29. A little over the top man.Jesus 12:29. A little over the top man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7637960526696603209.post-15815163396931078722017-06-26T13:55:46.531-07:002017-06-26T13:55:46.531-07:00This is all true. However, it's also true tha...This is all true. However, it's also true that the middle class has been continuously eroded for the past three decades (or more). It is becoming harder and harder to have money left over at the end of the month, even for an attorney making six figures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com