by Dennis Beaver | law enforcement, workplace
March 13, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver This is the story about how a lawyer, prosecutor, and judge worked together to teach a volatile woman respect for authority, and also, of an employer who saw great promise in an employee who very likely would have lost her job if she...
by Dennis Beaver | advertising, doctor, lawyers
March 6, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Following completion of his residency in ophthalmology with a specialization in the retina, “Tomas” set up his practice in a small west-coast city. While it had several ophthalmologists, the town lacked a retinal specialist. Two older...
by Dennis Beaver | judges
February 28, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver The closest thing that most of us will ever come to meeting a Judge Judy is by suing or being sued in Small Claims Court. Having served as a pro tem judge in Small Claims Court, I learned that, next to being stopped by a traffic...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, business, employment
February 21, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to: (1) Business owners–or anyone considering going out on their, where: (2) Their own car or an employee’s vehicle might be used for business purposes. With this in mind, how do you answer...
by Dennis Beaver | education, law school
February 14, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am an attorney with a Fortune 500 company and have read a number of your columns on getting into law school. Our son is in college, wants to follow in my footsteps and feels strongly that by becoming a star on the debate team...
by Dennis Beaver | business, consumer, false advertising
February 7, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “We are considering making the jump into solar for both our home and machine shop which consumes a great deal more electricity than a normal house. But in researching solar in general, I came upon some of your articles which were...
by Dennis Beaver | business, discrimination, education
January 24, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a recent college graduate with a degree in business administration and applied for a sales job at a black-owned insurance agency. “Within seconds of meeting the owner for an interview, he said, ‘You will do well...
by Dennis Beaver | auto insurance, business
January 17, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will be of special interest to: 1. Business owners — or anyone considering going out, where: 2. Their own car or an employee’s vehicle might be used for business purposes. With this in mind, how do you answer this...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
January 10, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a second year student at a top Chicago law school wondering if I should continue as I’ve heard some of our teachers insist that law is no longer a profession, but a business, and to succeed a lawyer must be ruthless, doing...
by Dennis Beaver | business, government, leadership
January 2, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver If you have ever had a manager–perhaps your CEO–who was not only incompetent, but dishonest, manipulative, narcissistic–a first-class jerk–and wondered how such a person could have attained their position, you are not...
