There is a song about a Scottish soldier who perished during WW I in the trenches. It goes like this (with English translation):
Lay me down in the cold, cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears
Once a year
Its a tough life working in Big Law. A partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in New York became dependent on drugs. Identified only as “Peter,” his former wife wrote about him in a New York Times piece. Peter worked 60 hours a week for 20 years. He was by all accounts successful. His
The trial date for SGT Bowe Bergdahl has been set for October 23, 2017. The trial will be held at Ft. Bragg. His attorneys had tried to dismiss the case due to Pres. Trump’s prejudicial statements during the campaign. The judge denied the motion. But, the attorneys have appealed the decision. See Task +
Back when I was active in the Nationals Guard and Reserve, I would visit other Army units to coordinate exercises, gather information or for some particular need. I soon noticed that when subordinate members of the unit would freely chat with an unknown captain or major, that was very likely a strong unit, with good
One of the great things about practicing law is working with people. We see people often at their worst, sometimes at their best, but always as their genuine selves. From a Texas Bar Journal, I find this story about two spouses who prosecuted their own divorce. The two spouses wrote their own divorce decree.
The colonel hearing the court martial of Bowe Bergdahl will not dismiss the charges against the young sergeant. He agreed the comments by then Candidate Trump were troubling. But, he would not agree they were so pervasive and unfair as to saturate the community and cause prejudice. See CNN news report. The lawyer for
Its a fundamental part of the military court martial process that a commander may not discuss a pending court martial. Anything a general says will prejudice the military jury. But, what happens when the commander speaking about a prominent court martial is a candidate for president? Donald Trump spoke often about Bowe Bergdahl. The candidate
There are many issues with Pres. Trump’s travel ban. One important consideration is the risk it poses to U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. We still have several thousand soldiers in Afghanistan and a few hundred in Iraq. Add to that the thousands of U.S. civilians in support of the soldiers serving in those
Donald Trump advocated torture during his campaign. He even advocated targeting the families of alleged terrorists. “Task & Purpose,” a nice veterans website, discusses the legal ramifications for soldiers during a Trump administration. As the post explains, Mr. Trump argued in favor of water boarding “and a helluva lot worse than waterboarding” during the campaign.
When I was a young Company Commander, we had this lieutenant who was even younger than I was. He had been to Airborne school. He had his jump wings and he thought he was special. He disparaged Battalion staff the few times he dealt with them. He talked big about what he would do as