Thoughts on law, incentives, and the systems that shape professional life.
There's a particular kind of professional failure that never appears in a complaint, a bar grievance, or a court filing. The client never finds out. That's the whole problem.
Read Article →America constrains its government more than almost any other nation on earth. That's not a bug. It's the whole design — and it explains a lot about why things work the way they do.
Read Article →A well-run courtroom isn't just easier to work in. It's fairer, more predictable, and more respectful of everyone's time — including the defendant's.
Read Article →The research on deterrence is pretty clear: it's not the harshness of a punishment that changes behavior — it's the certainty that any consequence will follow at all.
Read Article →When AI levels the playing field on raw cognitive output, the only true differentiator left is character.
Read Article →The most important preparation you can give your child for the age of AI isn't a coding class or a test prep course. It's character.
Read Article →The Catholic tradition has been solving the problem of moral formation for two millennia. It turns out that's exactly what the age of AI needs.
Read Article →Why AI will not fix law firms until law firms fix pricing — and what I learned spending years trying to change the incentive structure of private practice.
Read Article →The billable hour is preventing growth in the legal industry. Here's what happens when you use time as a performance metric — and what a better system looks like.
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