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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 ManagementLegal EthicsStatesNew YorkBlawg 100


Recent Posts from f/k/a . . .

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 —…

  • 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…

  • 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…


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