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February 2015

DANGER: Dating During Divorce

February 26, 2015 /
Some days as I sit behind my desk in my well-worn leather chair, I feel like a fancy version of Lucy from the Peanuts cartoon.  Remember when she would hang her sign for “Psychiatric Help 5¢?”  Oftentimes clients seek practical advice from me.  Not so much the brilliant legal analysis that I am poised to provide, but the do’s and don’ts of divorce.  They want to know how to be a good parent in the face of divorce, if they should sell their house considering their changing financial picture, or how to decide where the family dog should live. But
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Freedom to Marry

February 19, 2015 /
Today our legal team will advocate in federal court on behalf of our client couples for the Freedom to Marry in Nebraska.  This is a deeply meaningful day for me, for our clients, and for my firm family.  I repost here the blog I wrote when we filed the lawsuit explaining why this work expands my heart.  As one person said to me after reading this blog originally  “This is the kind of case that we go to law school for.”  Yes. It is. On Monday, November 17, 2014, our firm, along with the ACLU, filed a lawsuit in federal
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Queen of Hearts

February 12, 2015 /
“The king is dead,” I blurted, staring straight ahead. The words leapt out of my mouth before I could see them, let alone catch them. It was three minutes past midnight. With a jeweled paper crown atop my head and sparkly Cinderella shoes on my feet, I sat alone at a table a few yards from the dance floor when the tall figure in a white cowboy hat approached slowly and asked, “Where’s the king?” I first came to this dance as a newlywed, but on this night my now former husband instead sent a small wave and slight smile
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Snow Day

February 5, 2015 /
This morning I awoke before the sun.  The sky was somehow tinged pink, having discarded its usual black, to cast an illumination on the snow falling.  Everything was still and quiet as the snow gave its salute to serenity.  I sat still for the better part of an hour watching the snowflakes fall against the pink backdrop fading to gray with the start of the day.  It was a snow day. My daughter excitedly sent me a message full of exclamation points at 7:24 a.m. when she learned the news.  I coordinated my work team on when we could safely
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