f/k/a . . .
This blawgger tries to find his balance "among a mix of haiku poetry, serious client advocacy and punditry, and idiosyncratic fun." You'll find commentary on lawyers and legal ethics, politics, culture and more.
Author: David A. Giacalone is a "prematurely retired" attorney and mediator living in the capital region of New York state.
Blawg Related Categories: Law Practice Management • Legal Ethics • States • New York • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from f/k/a . . .
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we’re all-archive now
digital age aging digits pause at the keyboard … dagosan After almost 6 years and 2500 postings, f/k/a has stopped publishing new material as of March 1, 2009. Of course, the content is all still…
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just getting to know you
We wouldn’t be the f/k/a Gang, if we weren’t frantically scampering to meet a self-imposed deadline on a Saturday night. It’s a good thing we can re-use the same words written the first time we…
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a few farewell haiga
.. .. last day for ice fishing buckets half-full - photo by dagosan (Feb. 24, 2009, Mohawk River, Schenectady, Riverside Park) How does one say goodbye to a weblog and its readers after almost six…
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probably not our last slippery slope
reprise: “ethicalEsq’s first slippery slope” (posted Dec. 23, 2003) giacalone giacalone & giacalone, Christmas 1950 (photo by Mama G.) moving day dust bunnies and shadows left behind …. by dagosan
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Understanding and Reducing Attorney Fees
Consumers of legal services won’t find much information online or at their public library to help them keep their costs down when they hire a lawyer. Some websites or firms might hawk their own services…
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rivers, sunset, metaphors galore
February thaw a new patch of orange on the river … by dagosan Catching another sunset or two in photos before we “archivize” this weblog on Saturday seemed like a good idea, as the afternoon…
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ALF#4: crushed by clocks? insulted by intervals?
.. They’re peeved over time-based pay . . note: this is #4 in our final week’s erratic ALF Series on American Legal Fees; click for #1; #2; #3 . . It’s my last week of…
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all that great haikai
In this last week of new posting at f/k/a, how can I possibly put together a piece that pays adequate homage to the vast body of haikai — haiku, senryu and related poetic-literary genres —…
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ALF #3: don’t forget those Minimum Fee Schedules
.. Click for the video of ALF’s “Risky Business” spoof .. .. [or, Heidi's R-rated version] note: this is #3 in our final week’s erratic ALF Series on American Legal Fees; click for #1 and…
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ALF #2: foxes guarding the golden eggs
.. .. ALFesq & Prof. Yabut discuss self-regulation .. .. ALF: But, Yabut, why can’t the Melmac Bar & Grill sponsor the Feline Protection League? You know how important cats are to us. Yabut: For…