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December 7, 2022Law / Law Firms / Updates

“It Was Twenty Years Ago Today”: Perspectives on the Passing of a Great Law Firm

By David Hoffman On December 7, 2002, the partners at Hill & Barlow – a venerable, 107-year-old Boston law firm – voted →

September 6, 2022Family Law / Law / Mediation

Communications Guidelines

By David A. Hoffman In a recent family-business mediation, I was asked by the family members to help them develop a communications →

July 1, 2022Law

The End of Roe v. Wade: An Appalling Decision by the U.S. Supreme Court

By David A. Hoffman When I was 19 years old, my 17-year-old girlfriend got pregnant.  It was 1966, and abortion was illegal.  →

June 1, 2022Law / Updates

In Praise of Mediation Observers

By David Hoffman Like many mediators, I am asked from time to time by mediators-in-training whether they might observe one of my →

May 1, 2022Law / Updates

Law as a Spiritual Practice

By David A. Hoffman If you are reading these words, thank you!  You have gotten past the title, which for some people →

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