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Let’s Get Real About Kids
By Ellery Johannessen You’ve just gotten home from work and you trip over one of your kids’ toys as you walk through your front door. On your way to the floor, you take a moment to reflect on the fact that, while your partner was home with the kids all day, the...
Pragmatic Parenting Plans
By Ellery Johannessen October 22, 2022 Here’s a thought experiment. You and your former partner have been sharing custody of your two young children, ages 7 and 9. You have a shared parenting schedule where you each have the kids for two weekdays and...
The Lawsuit Under the Bed
By Ellery Johannessen October 5, 2022 Congratulations, you’re in love! You’ve been with your partner for about a year and you’ve decided to move in together. You haven’t broached the subject of marriage yet, but you both want to take that next step in your...
Antisocial Media
By Ellery Johannessen September 27, 2022 It’s a commonplace warning in these early years of the third decade of the 21st century to watch what you say on social media. The basic rule is that, if you’ve put it online, assume it’s going to come back to bite you. The...
Let’s Talk About Money
By Ellery Johannessen September 21, 2022 A little bit about me. I’m a husband and father of two. I’m the primary wage earner in my home. I am a solo practitioner (save for my exceptional wife Stephanie, who handles our small humans in addition to...
The Three P’s of Successful Litigation
By Ellery Johannessen September 14, 2022 I love my work. In choosing to be a litigator, I found a job uniquely adapted to my skillset. I get to do the real-life Law and Order type stuff you see on TV (albeit slightly less dramatized). My job is...