http://inpracticebook.com a story about life, law and learning who you are Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-28   Philadelphia — In Practice Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:27:32 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-28 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-13   The Funeral — In Practice Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:11:20 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-13 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-12   Yellow Pages — In Practice Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:42:47 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-12 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-11   Noah’s Ark — In Practice Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:04:26 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-11 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-10   Meeting the Detective — In Practice Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:04:38 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-10 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-9   The House — In Practice Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:06:54 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-9 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-8   The Hershbergers — In Practice Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:16:30 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-8 [...] The beep of the phone brought her back to the reality of her Monday morning in New Jersey. If she wanted to keep her job, she needed to actually get some work done. “Yes?” said Katie into the speakerphone. “Katie, it’s Shirley.” Katie rolled her eyes. Of course it was Shirley. Who else would be paging her in an office from no more than thirty feet away? The office was small. Katie liked to think of it as cozy - small for law firms seemed to have a negative connotation. But there was no getting around the fact that it lacked the “wow” factor of a Center City law office in one of the highrises downtown. There were no glass paneled conference rooms, in fact, there wasn’t a conference room at all. Set on the first floor of a traditional brick building, the office that had so impressed and awed her during her interview had no atrium open to a skylight, no separate floor for reception and no sweeping panoramic views. There were just three offices: one for Jim, one for Katie and one that a part-time attorney from North Jersey used from time to time. The reception area consisted of a small desk space with partitions for privacy set back from the waiting area. Simple and professional, and not overwhelming. Katie liked it, though she often wished that Shirley was a little more removed from the main office space. She felt like she was constantly being monitored. “Jim wants to see you in his office,” Shirley said. “Okay,” Katie replied. “Bring a pen.” Shirley added. Katie made a face at the phone. This day was definitely not starting off as she planned. She grabbed a pen off of her desk, along with a legal pad of yellow paper and walked towards the door. Striding across the hallway, she knocked briefly on Jim’s door and went in without waiting for an answer. “You needed to see me?” she asked. Before he could answer, two faces peered around the backs of overstuffed leather chairs: a sweet looking elderly couple with somber expressions. “Katie,” Jim said, “Let me introduce you to the Hershbergers.” (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] The beep of the phone brought her back to the reality of her Monday morning in New Jersey. If she wanted to keep her job, she needed to actually get some work done. “Yes?” said Katie into the speakerphone. “Katie, it’s Shirley.” Katie rolled her eyes. Of course it was Shirley. Who else would be paging her in an office from no more than thirty feet away? The office was small. Katie liked to think of it as cozy - small for law firms seemed to have a negative connotation. But there was no getting around the fact that it lacked the “wow” factor of a Center City law office in one of the highrises downtown. There were no glass paneled conference rooms, in fact, there wasn’t a conference room at all. Set on the first floor of a traditional brick building, the office that had so impressed and awed her during her interview had no atrium open to a skylight, no separate floor for reception and no sweeping panoramic views. There were just three offices: one for Jim, one for Katie and one that a part-time attorney from North Jersey used from time to time. The reception area consisted of a small desk space with partitions for privacy set back from the waiting area. Simple and professional, and not overwhelming. Katie liked it, though she often wished that Shirley was a little more removed from the main office space. She felt like she was constantly being monitored. “Jim wants to see you in his office,” Shirley said. “Okay,” Katie replied. “Bring a pen.” Shirley added. Katie made a face at the phone. This day was definitely not starting off as she planned. She grabbed a pen off of her desk, along with a legal pad of yellow paper and walked towards the door. Striding across the hallway, she knocked briefly on Jim’s door and went in without waiting for an answer. “You needed to see me?” she asked. Before he could answer, two faces peered around the backs of overstuffed leather chairs: a sweet looking elderly couple with somber expressions. “Katie,” Jim said, “Let me introduce you to the Hershbergers.” (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-7   The Interview — In Practice Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:19:39 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-7 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

]]> http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-6  — In Practice Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:09:36 +0000 http://inpracticebook.com/in-the-beginning/#comment-6 [...] (To read from the beginning, click here) [...] […] (To read from the beginning, click here) […]

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