I enjoy teamwork.   From playing basketball many a time, I see one or more players complaining about the sides we make.  

Another funny and true story comes to us from Michigan this week.   A Michigan village clerk, Julie Glenn, sent a couple their water bill addressed to the woman "and the [expletive] who lives here too." (see below)    

My son David and I have played on the Gotham Batmen softball team for many years.  I am the Batmen pitcher and David plays alongside me at third base. Last week the umpire asked me my age and after telling him I then pointed out that my son was also on the team.  At the end of the next inning the ump called David and me over and, surprisingly, put his arms around us and tearfully proceeded to tell us that he had lost his dad 12 years ago and missed him every day. He then urged David to cherish the moment and take care of me. 

Last Sunday, I attended the annual Commemoration of the Holocaust at Temple Emanu-El in New York. I watched, as I have for so many years, my Mother light a memorial candle with other survivors. We remembered.

Gotham meetings are like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're going to get. But it is ALWAYS going to be interesting.

  I have a particular taste in wine. Most who know anything about wine at all, (mostly) politely chuckle when I order.    

On Friday morning I started, what will be, a  long custody trial. As most lawyers will tell you, trial work can be emotionally and physically exhausting as well as mentally challenging. You really have to be “on” 100% of the time throughout the entire proceeding. Custody trials, by their nature, can be emotionally draining not only on the litigants but on the attorneys as well. And this particular trial is especially difficult.  

Next Sunday, one day following the First 100 days of the current administration, Gotham hosts its annual Battle of the Bands. Discussions about politics tend towards controversy and division. Music tends to bring people of different persuasions together.