Athletes spend years, even decades, of their lives training for hours per day in hopes of achieving their dreams. Professional athletes compete in sports to earn their primary or major source of income. As such, any event or illness that negatively affects their body directly affects their quality of life. But the same can be …
Running a business is a difficult thing to do at the best of times. In my experience, there really is no such thing as a ‘night off’, you’re always either looking at your phone, waiting for the next email to come through or dealing with yet another crisis that’s come up in the past 45 …
I have a relatively wealthy friend who has recently gone through some significant marital troubles, which served as the inspiration for this post. I’ve left out the name and any obvious identifying characteristics in deference to his privacy, but his story may be of interest to the regular readers of this blog. My friend has …
“So, you are telling me that your partner hits you. I would never stay in a situation with that kind of abuse. Why don’t you leave him?” People often imagine that they would be the first to walk out the door at the first signs of abuse. However, breaking free of abuse is not only …
Throughout my life, I’ve been both the victim of and the perpetrator of a few car accidents. Whatever position you’re in, it’s an amazing shock the suddenness from which you’re pushed from the routine into the extreme. The first accident I ever got into was as a teenager, fresh from my driving test and excited …
Many parents of disabled or sickly children live in near constant worry about what will happen to their kids once they’re gone. Our system is set up in such a way to make it basically impossible for them to be taken care of or have their needs be met by the government, so parents have …
A weird thing about divorce is that it can be either one of the worst and most stressful events of someone’s life…or it can just be another Tuesday. Take my friend, for instance, who recently got divorced from her husband of 20 years. They started out as boyfriend and girlfriend who met when he was …
Marriage requires love. This serves as a foundation for a strong, healthy, and sustainable relationship. When the ingredient of love has vanished, the dish barely provides happiness. As the world faces many challenges, so too do married couples. Divorce rates across the globe have skyrocketed amid the pandemic. But why and how does divorce happen? …
Starting a new firm can be an arduous and extremely stressful experience. A thousand different decisions need to be made each week (if not each day!), culminating in an extremely costly and risky move to strike out on your own. When you’re just starting out on developing your own law firm, any item big or …
Setting up a new business is exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. Commercial real estate law is not a simple thing to wrap a person’s head around. One will find regulations at the federal level, at the state level, and even local laws. In short, there is no overnight fix when it comes to …