This is Hull country. This is Middlebrook, Virginia. German Holls/Hohls got here from the Palatine via Rotterdam and Philadelphia around 1750. They […]

“You don’t need the money with a face like that.” Born in Jerusalem in the summer of 1981, she is a citizen […]

Urban Dictionary: Slackoisie Slackoisie. Prounounced “Slack-wah-zee”. This term was coined by J. Daniel Hull, Esq., author of the “What About Clients?” blawg, […]

In 1859, in Lafayette Park, U.S. Representative Daniel Sickles shot and killed fellow lawyer Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott […]

Below is a photograph of Georgetown near Key Bridge (the bridge barely out of the picture on the right) on the Potomac […]

When I want to read a good book, I write one. –Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)

This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought. “” Eurípides (480-406 BC)

Paul Cezanne, Les joueurs de carte, 1890-1892

Paris was a bold man who presum’d To judge the beauty of a Goddess. —John Dryden The Judgment of Paris, Lucas Cranach […]

Happy Easter, y’all. The time of new beginnings. Step back from the canvas. Sharpen the tools. Get a religion. Call someone who […]

Great gifts, persistence and drive are hard to beat. If you don’t know who Charlotte Rampling is, do find out. Ah, Charlotte. […]

Just checked my news curator-aggregator (Flipboard) and every article says everything everywhere is all fucked up. We need Chuck Norris right now.

You can’t wait for inspiration; you have to go after it with a club. “” Jack London

You hosin’ us, Mr. Hull? Rule 27 of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is “Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony”. It’s not […]

Early-in-the-case Rule 56 motion. Note well-dressed Brit General Counsel taking a bullet. Rule 56 (d) When Facts Are Unavailable to the Nonmovant. […]

Big ones. School teacher, seamstress, businesswoman, community organizer, Chicago girl and Ireland-born, Mary Harris “Mother Jones” (1837-1930) had big ones. What a […]

“I know it, I see it. The Huns will not come.” Sainte Genevieve (422-512) saved Parisians from the Huns, the legend goes, […]

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. —Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

We all like to feel special, unique and, at times, superior. It doesn’t mean we are insular, evil or bonkers. It doesn’t […]

Above: E practicing Structure. This 2006 post is from our famous Evergreen Collection. We haven’t seen a need to revise it much. […]

WJC and writer, January 1, 2009, noon, Charleston 1. Date no one named Zoe, Brigit or Natasha. 2. No one you just […]

A funny, fearless and densely layered poem (1960s super-critic Karl Shapiro said the “baroque” style used made it funnier and more ironic), […]

See Rule 7: Know the Client. Every great client wants you to know him, her or it. Take time out to learn […]

Education is not just about getting a job.

Guest in Detroit, 1935 Enormously popular for the first half of the 20th century, Detroit’s Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) charmed America with […]