An essential element of estate planning for professionals is to avoid probate and taxes for their clients. These problems and others can be avoided by setting up a trust. Though the perception is that trusts are only tools for the
Grand Opening of Merlin Law Group’s Oklahoma City Office
The South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce gave Merlin Law Group a wonderful ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the Grand Opening of our new Oklahoma City Office. Drew Houghton, Larry Bache and I were thrilled by the outpouring of wishes
Chris Smith, of Your Firm App, on the Value of Clio and the Growth of Startups in Oklahoma City
Speaking with Chris Smith, founder of Your Firm App, which provides lawyers the opportunity to place a uniquely branded app on the App Store and Google Play, at Clio Cloud Conference 2018.
Kevin O’Keefe: Who
Did the Buffalo Bills cause the Oklahoma City bombing?
Main September 2, 2018Did the Buffalo Bills cause the Oklahoma City bombing?The quite silly question in the title of this post is prompted by this remarkable new Politico Magazine piece headlined “How Football Fed Timothy McVeigh’s Despair: The Oklahoma City
Interesting commutation developments in wake of initiative reform in Oklahoma
Main August 15, 2018Interesting commutation developments in wake of initiative reform in OklahomaThis local story, headlined “49 Oklahoma inmates imprisoned for drug crimes asking for commutations; 49 asking state to consider commutations in light of State Question 780,”
Legionella no longer present in Oklahoma City building
New testing conducted at the Robinson Renaissance office building in downtown Oklahoma City no longer showed the existence of Legionella bacteria, according to a report by that city’s KFOR-TV.
At least six employees who worked in the building tested positive for
Should there be (and will there be) an appeal of federal judge’s imposition of “shorter sentence because … of [defendant’s] decision to be sterilized”?
Main February 10, 2018Should there be (and will there be) an appeal of federal judge’s imposition of “shorter sentence because … of [defendant’s] decision to be sterilized”?In this post a couple of days ago, I noted the remarkable federal
Should (encouraged!?!) sterilization be a permissible federal sentencing factor in mitigation?
Main February 8, 2018Should (encouraged!?!) sterilization be a permissible federal sentencing factor in mitigation?The question in the title of this post is prompted by a remarkable federal sentencing story out of Oklahoma reported in this local article headlined “Woman underwent
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For the first time in forever I’m actually working on new scholarship — an essay about Melissa Milewski’s important book on litigation by African American plaintiffs during Jim Crow. And of course I’m re-reading Ralph Ellison’s work on African
Advocacy for the “the smart way to get ‘tough’ about crime”
Main September 15, 2017Advocacy for the “the smart way to get ‘tough’ about crime”Brandon Garrett has this new CNN commentary discussing some of the themes in his new book titled “End of Its Rope: How Killing the Death Penalty Can