Writing

Notes on the work.

Mostly about practice — what a records review should catch, what a timeline needs to survive summary judgment — and occasionally about the software.

Running a firmOctober 6, 2026· 8 min read

The case you should have turned down

Every plaintiff firm is carrying one. It was signed on a good day, it has eaten eighteen months, and everybody knew by week three. Here is what the file looked like at intake, and why nobody said so.

Read →
Practice of lawOctober 2, 2026· 9 min read

What actually makes a demand letter get paid

An adjuster gives your demand somewhere between four and fifteen minutes. Most of what lawyers labour over in a demand letter is read by nobody. Here is what the reader is actually doing with it.

Read →
Social SecuritySeptember 29, 2026· 8 min read

What the ALJ is actually deciding

Four of the five steps in a disability claim can only deny. The fifth is where almost every contested case is won or lost — and most hearing briefs spend their best pages on the wrong one.

Read →
Running a firmSeptember 18, 2026· 7 min read

The two kinds of AI a plaintiff firm needs

Firms shop for “legal AI” as though it were one category. It is two, they fail in opposite ways, and buying one expecting it to solve the other is the most common expensive mistake in this market.

Read →
Evaluating legal AISeptember 8, 2026· 9 min read

The security questions to ask a legal AI vendor

You are about to hand someone your clients’ medical records and your privileged work product. Most vendor security pages are written to reassure rather than to inform — here is what to ask instead, and how to read the answers.

Read →
Practice of lawJuly 14, 2026· 7 min read

Why AI invents case facts, and what actually prevents it

Sanctioned filings get the headlines, but the more common failure is quieter: a demand letter that states a date the record does not support. Here is the mechanism, and the three things that stop it.

Read →
Personal injuryJune 22, 2026· 8 min read

What a thorough medical records review actually looks for

Defense counsel reads the same records you do. The difference is what each side is looking for — and the gaps that decide value are almost never in the narrative summary.

Read →
Employment lawMay 30, 2026· 6 min read

The termination timeline that survives summary judgment

Causation in a retaliation case lives or dies on sequence. Here is what belongs in the timeline, and the two entries firms most often leave out.

Read →
Buying softwareApril 18, 2026· 6 min read

Nine questions to ask any legal AI vendor

Most demos are designed to prevent these questions from coming up. Ask them anyway — the answers separate tools that read your file from tools that autocomplete a template.

Read →