As I sit in a hospital awaiting a series of tests for a loved one, many thoughts go through my mind. Will everything go okay? Will surgery be required? Will

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In case you haven’t noticed the holiday decorations plastered all over the stores, let me remind you that there are less than seventy days until Christmas (sixty-seven to be exact).

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Attention all: “over-commitment-itis” is not a new condition, but it is one with which I was just self-diagnosed.  While rarely diagnosed, it is a seemingly pervasive condition among many in

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Let’s face the facts: we all have limited time and life. None of us truly know how much time we have. And while many people believe that after we die,

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Email has drastically changed the way we practice law and, as young lawyers who grew up with email and texts, our casual way of conversing electronically can lead us into

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The study and teaching of law is one of the longest standing professions entrenched with deep-rooted traditions.  The first institution established in the United States for the sole purpose of

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With e-mails, phone calls, text messages, news alerts, and social media, there are more ways than ever to be distracted from completing the task at hand. These interruptions are incessant,

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While everyone else in Florida was gearing up for the Labor Day holiday (or preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Hermine), the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday heard oral

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Florida Courts have long declared that “a competent individual has the constitutional right to refuse medical treatment regardless of his or her medical condition.”[1]  This legal construction is based on

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