Where’s the Brief? 15 Years of Practicing Law
Fifteen years ago today I received my law license. My father (pictured above) sponsored my admission and Judge Richard Yuille of the Genesee County Circuit Court presided over the swearing-in ceremony. I still remember my first assignment as an attorney. My colleague, Tom Murray, asked me to draft a motion, which I did in earnest. When I returned the work product, he asked “where’s the brief?” I said, “you didn’t ask me to draft a brief.” Little did I know that all motio