President Trump is being sued in several pending cases.  His lawyers have begun to file motions claiming he cannot be sued while he is in office.  If a sitting President were sued for divorce by his wife, this argument would probably be made for the President. Click this link to download Trump's answer in federal court in reply to a defamation suit filed by a former reality show contestant who claims Trump groped her: Trump motion - President cannot be sued Click here to download the plaintiff's very persuasive response to Trump's claim of immunity: Zervos response to Trump claim of immunity Click on this link to download the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in Jones v. Clinton: case ... Read More >

Writing is a lot harder than reading. Acting like a journalist as I have in my little lawyer newsletter is one thing, but trying to write fiction is down right scary. I read a ton and I can be very critical of bad writing myself, so it is all too easy to imagine someone trying my story and not liking it at all. There is a sense of embarrassment in advance that people I know are going to read my made-up tale. I know what I would like to read, but I am not sure I can form the words in a way that even I would like. So, I apologize beforehand for what you are about to read. If it sucks, let me know quickly please. I have read enough to know that every great story, like The Hobbit, seems to involve an ordinary character swept up into an extraordinary adventure that takes the protagonist from his usual environment and throws him into extraordinary danger, pitted against a scary arch-villain. I am a simple divorce lawyer and a political junky, so what could be more of an adventure ... Read More >

A serialized novel about a Houston attorney representing the First Lady in a divorce against a sitting President. This fiction is a work in progress. ... Read More >