Judge Norton used to say: "The time value of time is much more valuable than the time value of money.” I worked for the Judge as a...

As I discussed in the previous post, a jury found Alex Murdaugh’s banker Russell Laffitte guilty on multiple federal charges in November...

In addition to Alex Murdaugh’s conviction, the only other conviction so far related to Murdaugh’s crimes is that of his former banker,...

This is my third post related to the trial of my law school classmate Alex Murdaugh. My first two posts are available below. My first...

The jury has spoken. While I thought there was more than ample evidence to support a guilty verdict, I thought we were headed for hung...

Alex Murdaugh was a law school classmate of mine. Class of 1994 at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Like many, I have been...

From 1994 to 1996, I worked as a federal judicial law clerk for The Honorable David C. Norton in Charleston. Judge Norton was my first...

As a federal judicial clerk, I read hundreds of pages of written pleadings filed with the court. Before a motion’s hearing, I drafted a...

I was almost always in the courtroom behind the bench with the Judge for motions' hearings when opposing lawyers were arguing a legal...

This is a blog about leadership advice based on lessons I learned first as a follower and observer of leaders. In my first series called...

Lifelong lessons that I learned as a federal judicial law clerk