Michael Gordon was awarded the Baltimore City Bar Association’s Paul A. Dorf Memorial ADR Award. for his long and distinguished service in alternative dispute resolution. This award is presented to a person in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area who has substantially contributed to the furtherance of the goals of alternative dispute... Read More »
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Nov
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HBO Divorce Series: Issues and Commentary—Episode 5 In Episode 5, Frances and Robert are positioning themselves for a serious divorce battle. First, Frances finds out the Robert has retained a lawyer (because the bone-head lawyer tries to call Robert at home—after Robert had essentially moved out—and France answers the... Read More »
Nov
06
HBO’s Divorce: Analyzing Episode 5 of Sarah Jessica Parker’s Series from the Perspective of a Family Law Attorney In Episode 5 of HBO’s Divorce, we meet three different lawyers. First, we observe Robert sitting in the office of his attorney, Gerald Watkins Mayfield, Esquire. Well actually, the office looks more... Read More »
Oct
30
HBO’s Divorce: Analyzing Episode 4 of Sarah Jessica Parker’s Series from the Perspective of a Family Law Attorney After Frances and Robert decide that couples counseling is no longer an effort worth pursuing, we observe the parties approach the divorce process head-on. While the couple had previously discussed the... Read More »
Oct
30
HBO Divorce Series: Issues and Commentary—Episode 4 Episode four is a lesson in how not to handle a divorce. It begins with Robert sleeping in a half-finished home he is renovating, shows Robert and Frances in a mediation session where each of them actively vies for the mediator’s sympathy, tracks... Read More »
Oct
28
We are pleased to announce the relocation and expansion of our Baltimore office to: 7 St. Paul Street, 18th FloorBaltimore, Maryland 21202 Our new office is only two blocks from our old office and is conveniently located in the downtown business district of Baltimore next to the City Courthouses... Read More »
Oct
23
HBO Divorce Series: Issues and Commentary—Episode 3 In episode three, Robert and Frances are exploring whether there is any chance of saving their marriage; then, after deciding there is not (as the title of the show foreshadows), they begin to talk about separating and how to go about working through... Read More »
Oct
23
HBO’s Divorce: Analyzing Episode 3 of Sarah Jessica Parker’s Series from the Perspective of a Family Law Attorney In Episode 3, Frances and Robert attend couples counseling in an effort to explore whether they can save their marriage. We watch Frances and Robert go through two arduous counseling sessions in... Read More »
Oct
16
HBO Divorce Series: Issues and Commentary If you’re reading this without the benefit of having read my initial post on this topic, it might be helpful to know that my colleague, Mollie Caplis, and I thought it would be fun to comment on the content of each episode of the... Read More »
Oct
16
HBO’s Divorce: Analyzing Episode 2 of Sarah Jessica Parker’s Series from the Perspective of a Family Law Attorney HBO promotes Divorce as its new comedy series. When I first read that description, it didn’t make sense to me. Are issues of separation and divorce really that funny? But, in... Read More »