JANE ANN MORRISON: High court sends strong message on wrong way to argue insurance cases Jan 8, 2007
The scathing Supreme Court opinion issued Dec. 28 addressed four civil cases from 2004 in which Emerson, defending his insurance clients, made arguments like this: "This is a case where the plaintiffs are trying get something for nothing ... it's cases like this that make people skeptical and distrustful of lawyers and their clients who bring these types of lawsuits. It's a big factor as to why our profession is not as honorable in the eyes of the public as it once was. But the only way that... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Opinion)
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There are four areas in life, he said, that make one whole. First, the brain. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
A Lunar New Year resolution Jan 6, 2004
As we bid farewell to the Year of the Ram and welcome the Year of the Monkey on January 22, it is also a time to reflect upon events of the past year, and make resolutions for the new. Then there was the disappearance of Cecilia Zhang, an innocent 9-year-old snatched from her home one night in October, and whose whereabouts are still unknown (Toronto Star, Canada)
Catherine Chidgey: The Transformation Nov 6, 2003
...finds metaphor, contiguity and paradox wherever she looks, and a seemingly innatefeel for structuring events, times and historical detail to make one whole ... (New Zealand Herald, New Zealand)