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@Gadolhadorah
The examples you post of a bigger honor for a larger donation may be offensive, BUT is a common community standard.
The community has decided that honors are in effect purchased. When that occurs they are no longer honors.This is a community standard that goes back centuries, in the words of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof singing ‘If I were a rich man’ wealth would gain him a seat by the eastern wall in the Anatevka shul.
When a large shul sells holiday seats, those in the fixed pews of the main sanctuary are likely to cost more than the folding chairs set up in the social hall.
@lakewhut
Since you were not specific about which community standards are being violated, I replied with something I am familiar with.
There are communities of Jews who have set dollar limits on simchas which limits families to cookie cutter packages at a few halls. That’s a standard I don’t agree with.
I would never tolerate a family member misbehaving in Yeshiva and being excused because Zaidy writes a big check every year.@lakewhut
You are correct that the rabbis won’t admonish the rich person who puts in the over the top affair.
#1 you don’t bite the hand that feeds you
#2 there may have been a discussion of all the additional work and money being pumped into the community by this affair and the rabbis agree and understand that this is an economic stimulus that is better for those hired/contracted in term of self esteem than donating the additional cost to charity and having the same people helped without working
#3 the ones being admonished may being going into debt to put on the affair, or partaking in charity distributions such as tuition assistance. The wealthy person is paying in full and subsidizing those who cannot afford to do so.
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A CTL grandson recently got engaged. The Rosh Yeshiva called him to his office and admonished him because the Kallah was given quite a large diamond that was X times the standard they have set. The grandson explained that he and his parents did not spend a single dollar for the stone. His Bubbe had died in Chodesh Elul, she had approved the choice of girl and it was one of her stones being given. The Rosh Yeshiva accepted that the stone was indeed a manifestation of Mrs. CTL’s blessing of the coming marriage. He did suggest to my grandson that he find a way to quietly mention to his closest chevrah that his Bubbe had bequeathed the engagement stone for this match to show her love and approval and kibud av v’aym in this case extended to his newly deceased grandparent and overrode the Yeshiva Standard.
While the stone is large, the chasunah will be a simple affair as his parent will still be in the 11 month mourning period.
BTW, he is not going to law school, he will pursue IT as he decided in consultation with me and the family members of the firm we needed our own IT person to also be in house expert on cybersecurity.To be blunt, organizations can not afford to blacklist or denigrate their benefactors.
Sometimes putting on a lavish affair is not a matter of showing off or going above community standards, but a means of employing many more waiters, bartenders, cooks, florists, musicians, photographers and rental company employees than the proscribed affair.@hashem says
There are many reasons for arrest that may not include being a suspect.
Some are just plain racist, such as driving while black.
Some ‘bad’ cops make arrests to make quota (yes quotas do exist in some places).
Some arrests are made to be vindictive or get back at someone for personal reasons.@Yserbius
It is not about affording Dental Insurance, but the fact that most dental insurance is not that good, pays little and has annual caps and exclusions.
Our dentists have told us not to buy the insurance, but bank the amount of the premiums each year to have towards major work when needed.
I have a Medicare Advantage plan. It added some minimal dental coverage last year. I was entitled to two cleanings and one set of Byte Wing Xrays for the calendar year. Not worth much to me.
The Dental addon plans I was offered, would not pay for implants, and had a yearly max payout of $2000, which doesn’t cover a root canal and post without a permanent crown in my area.
My trip for dental tourism is not on a whim, but well researched and thought out. This is not in response to a dental emergency, but something that could be postponed until convenient and affordable.@Always
and my suggested headline didn’t say of the arrestee had one arm or twoThe secretary of Transportation does not run the day to day operations of the FAA.
There are thousands of civil servants employed in the agency and they run the computersCan you bungle goodly?
@Coffee Addict it is Joseph’s daughter who has spent so much time in our home.
If it was Mrs. CTL’s grandmother who was born in Budapest it makes my son(s) UJM’s lantzman (same with my first cousins) not me.
My maternal side is German from Bavaria, my paternal side Litvak from the Pale, all arriving in NY through Castle Garden more than 150 years ago.
The biggest feat is that the family extends to the 7th generation born in America and still frum.
@Gadolhadorah
I have never posted a recipe for sweet fish or anything else sweet.
I don’t like chocolate, ice cream or candy, give me the salty, crunchy snacks@Participant
A reputable headline would read:
“Armed man arrested in killing of 12 year old girl.”
In means in response to the act of the girl being killed.
No libel can be ascribed to the headline you wrote because man is generic, if it actually used the arrestee’s name and the story did not use verbiage such as alleged it may be problematic.
Any libel action Would wait until after trial. If convicted there is no liability, as truth is always an acceptable defense to libel. There are others, and malicious intent may have to be proven in some jurisdictions. Here the intent appears to be to sell newspapers@UJM
Mrs. CTL’s paternal grandmother was born in Budapest. An aunt of mine (by marriage) was also born there. Both made it to CT in 1938.
The first extended visit I made to Budapest 40 years ago
was with my aunt pursuing property claims.I don’t have dental insurance.
I currently need 2 implants
It will cost about $17,000 here in Fairfield County
But, just as there is medical tourism, there is dental tourism. I can. Get them done by excellent dentists in Budapest (where I have had dental work in the past) for about $1,500 add flight and a week’s vacation and am all in at $4300
Already booked for March@Always
You ascribe authority to the police they do not have. They make apprehensions, the magistrate or arraignment judge decides to hold or release. The DA, States Attorney or Grand Jury indicts on specific charges.Here in CT we don’t have DAs, our Stated Attorneys are appointed employees not elected politicians and we don’t use a grand jury system to indict. Much smoother, less political system than New York. We also still set cash bail got most who are arrested
Only trial and conviction can confirm the suspect is a perpetrator. Until then the arrestee/detainee is an ALLEGED perpetrator.
Leave out that adjective and you can open yourself to slander/libel actions.
We lawyers know to be very careful with choice of words as do journalists.@AAQ
The CT court system helped facilitate WFH by requiring all filings do be done electronically. No more trips to the courthouse to file papers.
Many court proceedings are still being held via Zoom. This saves clients loads of money. I typically bill $250 more per hours for court appearances (plus travel time) than my standard rate. Much of the day in court is wasted waiting for cases to be called, judges interrupted for motions, 90 minute lunch breaks when I can’t do other billable work, so the client pays a full day and I don’t do a full day’s work for the client, but have to be available as the judge’s clerk schedules.
With Zoom, I can do billable work, until I hear the clerk call the case, there is no travel time to be paid by the client, no gas, parking, etc. I don’t take 90 minutes to eat, so i have another hour to work and bill another client. The first client is not stuck paying for a full day.We have used WFH for decades, as long as an office staff member is in the office during opening hours, the attorneys can come and go as appointments and meetings warrant. We do not have walk in trade.
During Mrs. CTL’s long illness I did 90% of my work from my home office. I have a separate outside entrance and a few select clients could see me in person if necessary without me being unavailable for her needs.
My daughters who work for the firm, loved being able to work from home when my grandchildren were very young and I extended that workstyle to non-family employees as well. each clerical worker chooses one half day per week to be in the office and file. Phones are often transferred to ring off premises at the office manager’s or receptionist’s home office.
If I didn’t own our offices, I would downsize the firm’s space, but owning a fully paid and depreciated building means it is a prudent decision to remain.@Little Froggie
“We all…..paid NOT to work.”Please speak only for yourself.
This member of the CR, who is an employer, worked all through Covid, as did his employees and allwere paid to work. No employee of the CTL firm was laid off and collected unemployment. The nature of the practice made remote work practical. Clients were serviced via, Zoom, phone, email and fax.@akuperma
This is one of the rare times I agree with what you post.
My late FIL Z”L was an officer in the British Police during the mandate, transitioning to the Mishtara upon independence.
We discussed this topic many times.
Most westerners just don’t understand that European colonial rulers drew maps and established countries where none had existed. A line in a map cannot unite tribes into a country.
In countless countries we have seen decades of civil war and genocide after independence.I laugh at the mention of Pakistan and Bengladesh above. Lumping two territories separated by thousands of kilometers into one country because they were to be a homeland for Muslims was a joke.
@Always
Every time the Republicans shut down the Federal Government the shut out employees received their pay and benefits for the time not worked.
We taxpayers will pay for this Republican circus in many ways, rest assured the Boeberts and Gaetzes will continue to line their pockets with our moneyDon’t give up your day job
You have officially failed Constitutional Law
Try READING the 25th Amendment which lays out the procedure for filling a vacancy in the VP office. The President nominates a VP and the nomination must be approved by the House and the Senate.This is different that Presidential appointments of Judges and Ambassadors which are confirmed solely by the Senate.
I have taught Constitutional Law over the years as an adjunct professor. You get an F.
@troll
Good luck to you.
I am sorry you fly on bad planes.
That said I only book/fly in aisle seats, not interested in the curved wall of the window seat.
I like to get up at will and stretch my legs.
When Mrs. CTL was still alive we always booked aisle seats across from each other.
The only time I fly seated in a window seat is when it is also an aisle seat in private planes.@Akuperma
Your scenario is only applicable if the President and VP die virtually simultaneously.
Otherwise, once VP sworn in as President, nominates a new VP to be approved by both houses of Congress.Right now, the House has no members, so it can’t happen, but it can if there occurred a vacancy in the Speaker’s position during a session when members have been sworn in.
CTL is about 70 years old and drinking 6-8 cups of coffee a day since Bar Mitzvah: always black
I have never experienced the issue you raiseCold not coke… autocorrect
@5T
Meat Board: charuterie
Assorted coke cuts and cut vegetables@commonSaychel
Thank you,
I have been reading since shloshim for Mrs. CTL ended, but there has been little to actually comment upon.
I have long made known my resistance to excess in entertaining costs, etc. Especially by those who go into debt to do so.
This morning in shul, one of the regulars had yahrzeit for his father. After davening and the Rav’s daily vort, he put a bottle on his table, with some plastic shot glasses, opened a package of cookies and we regulars all had a drink and a cookie in his father’s memory/honor. No fish, breads, cheeses, cakes, caterer, etc. We acknowledged the occasion and went on with our day.
This was just as meaningful as a lavish sit down breakfast, shared with the regulars who attend day in/day out, not those who find out there will be a spread and show up.Put out a pletzl (Onion Board) and a bottle of whiskey and fartig.
I would not buy anything Trump is selling (or sold) which is why I did not vote for him.
I am not a not a Republican, neither is Trump. He is chair of the Trump first party: All for One and Trump for none.
@yungerman
Wishing someone dead and buried is inappropriate.
As for your false accusations of voting from the grave, those abuses stopped decades ago.
As a local elections official, I can say that the only votes arriving from dead people and counted were absentee ballots filled out signed and mailed before death. I know this because Mrs. CTL voted in a primary absentee and died and wax buried before the votes were counted. Absentee ballots in CT are sent out 30 days before the election by law. These votes from the grave are not fraud@Avira
I can read and translate.
The quotation does not say “proper”
The word ‘Mutar’ as I learned it means permitted.Simply because something is permitted does not make it a ‘proper’ choice for everyone.
If a charity/organization/institution needs my money gift to encourage others to give, I would rather put up a matching fund grant to stimulate donations large or small. The matching funds will be listed as coming from Aleph Bet Gimel Charitable Trust, not CTL.
Better every dollar go to the need than to the bronze works making the plaques.Have you never seen a charity’s ad journal that lists a donation from anonymous? That doesn’t just mean they had blank space to fill, but some givers don’t want to be known publicly.
Have you ever seen starter checks? They have the account number but no account owner’s name in them? I have such checks that I use for Tzedaka. I can print copies of the paid checks on line for my accounting and tax records without the recipient knowing who gave the money.We have quite different opinions as to the manner in which we make charitable donations. The important thing is that we make the donation. We prefer humility and privacy
@Avira
I did not mention money or wealth in my comment.
The CTL compound came into existence out of necessity. Living OOT in a small town, building homes on land carved from our initial larger parcel allowed us to have a minyan in walking distance, a private eruv and a safe haven for our children and grandchildren each summer. It cost substantially less than housing and camp costs in NYC and its suburbs.
I have repeatedly talked about doing much of the building ourselves, and still do lots of the tasks. We had 3.5 inches of snow last night and I was out with a shovel clearing the walks and driveway so I could go to minyan in time for 6:30 davening today. I wasn’t waiting on a plow service to arrive.As for what do we do besides give charity. Lots of volunteering in both the Jewish and community world. My daughters and granddaughters did their stints babysitting at shul and setting up the weekly kiddush and Oneg Shabbos. They also helped Mrs. CTL OBM cook many a shul dinner and deliver shiva meals. Our sons have taught afternoon Civics ad History classes (at no charge) in the local day school.
For twenty-five years, I have run three times a year Blood drives for the American Red Cross. They are the only organization allowed to collect blood in Connecticut (you can’t go to a hospital and donate) AND, Connecticut is the ONLY state in the USA where blood is free for those who need it. Mrs. CTL needed 18 units in her final hospital stay and I am proud to have helped make sure ample blood supplies are available.BUT>>>>>>>>>>>>what is wrong with donating money??????????????
Shuls, schools, hospitals need donations to keep operating. So do soup kitchens, food banks, etc. Both here and abroad, especially EY.
I am not a doctor, I can’t treat you when you enter a hospital, BUT that Xray machine in Laniado may be one that I paid for. The local Rosh Yeshiva who is having a hard time meeting payroll or utility bills is not shy to call and request money over and above my annual contribution and I am proud to be able to help. There is little I need personally at this stage of life. All of a lifetime’s earnings and investments and generational wealth could not keep Mrs. CTL alive. Only KBH determined when her time on earth was up.
What I can tell you is that with the exception of Yahrzeit placques you will never find the CTL name on anything that recognizes a contribution or donation.
My father Z”L and grandfather Z”L taught us that it is in very poor taste to let people know what you give and even worse to make someone feel embarrassed that they can not give a similar amount or at all.
I remember from the time I was a child that presents were never opened in public. If attending a birthday party, my mother would take us from the room if presents were opened in front of others.I don’t owe you an explanation, but your attack called for a reply
@AAQ
We have never dealt with shadchanim in our family, personal connections and fix ups.
My eldest daughter and SIL were introduced by a female Jewish law professor. They were in different classes but both had asked to be excused from a class on Sukkos. Engaged by Chanukah and married after Shavous.
SIL introduced me eldest son to sister of his roommate from Yeshiva. Another successful match.
I was so impressed by an applicant for a summer internship after first year of law school that I invited him
And parents for a Shabbos at CTL compound.
Married to daughter number 2 for over 20 years now.
Our children have been involved in Our grandchildren’s matches as well.
Much better than a stranger with a bunch of resumesThe lack of US history/political knowledge is evident in this thread.
The Republican Party was liberal from its start. It was anti-slavery
The Democrat Party of the south from 1865 to the late 1900s was far right, segregationist and against personal freedoms.
Think George Wallace, Strom Thurmond (until switching parties in 1964),@UJM
I had a long and very happy marriage. I know that our life end is determined by HaShem, but as the members of my family in the USA the last 150 years tend to live into their mid90s, I would not like to be alone the next quarter century.
That doesn’t mean I am open to a shadchan soliciting my business. In a year or so I might be open to
Meeting someone.
I have not set up parameters or a wish list, but don’t imagine interest in a woman less than 60 years of age. I definitely am not going to be looking to have more children at this stage of life, so it would be unfair and unwise to marry a woman in a lesser age group.
The companionship and friendship needed to sustain a marriage in retirement years calls for similar life experience and age and backgrounds.That said, I am sure that my children, siblings and their spouses and in-laws are already discussing possible candidates. I am in no rush
Personal Anecdote:
Regarding these girls/women who have worked 20 years in a law firm and are still single.
Mrs. CTL died 3 months ago, I have already been approached by shadchanim about 4 of these females.
I am not interested in remarriage at this time and certainly not to someone younger than my own older daughters.That said, some of these past their 20s females need to open themselves up to the idea of making a marriage, home or family OOT. It adds to the available pool of single men.
@syag
I don’t hide the fact that I have been a delegate to the Democratic National Convention for decades.
Your analysis is wrong.
Harris appealed to People of Color, Women, Non-observant Jews (especially intermarried), mixed race married couples AND brought geographical balance to the ticket.
She also was in a safe BLUE that could be retained if Biden won the election.You conveniently forget that Senators don’t impeach, the House of Representatives impeaches (as they did with DJT twice). The Senate tries impeached individuals.
Always,
I would not be looking for more stringent ID rules. CT already requires a picture ID. Only twice in the past ten years have I had a voter refuse t show ID and fill out the affidavit instead.
CT is one of only 4 states NOT to allow early voting and has only 6 exceptions for absentee ballots. I vote absentee as I do not work in my own district’s polling location. Assigning poll workers, asst Registrars and moderators to poll locations out of their districts reduces the appearance of possible fraud.
This year CT had one question on the ballot: To allow early voting. It passed with more than 60% of the vote. I was in favor of it, as it will increase voter participation.
Your child should ake a complaint to the Registrar of Voters in your municipality and your Secretary of State. giving his name, the fact he was a first time voter, the poll location and time he voted and that he was not asked for the ID.
It will be investigated.
That said: I have not read the voting instructions for your state. The fact that it said he had to bring a picture proof of ID, does not mean the same thing as he will be asked to produce it before being allowed to vote. Some poll locations may only ask every so many voters or if there is a challenge.
We ask every voter in our town and train our poll workers to do so, even if the voter is a member of their immediate family.
Our Town’s chief exec is the First Selectman, she was asked for her Drivers License.
For the record, the ID is handed to a checker who compares picture and person, checks address and asks the person to state there name and address aloud to be checked off in the book by the checker of the other party at that table.I would hope your son is not so gullible to believe the conspiracy theorists.
This year the Republicans ran an Election Denier for Secretary of State in CT. he lost in a landslide, voters resented his lack of faith in ability to run a fair and accurate election and were not bout to put him in charge of future elections.
Lastly, when it comes to running elections, our party affiliations are left outside the polls. It is about honesty, integrity and accuracy. I do not attend any of the candidate’s or party’s events after the polls close. After an 18 hour day I want to go home and rest my feet and voice. I greeted and spoke to more than 3000 voters on election day, resolved problems and made sure with the other asst Registrar and Moderator that we accounted for every ballot.
BTW, In CT, Moderators must take a course and pass an exam. After that they can work as moderator in any municipality in the state. Our town tries to hire moderators who do not live in town to avoid any appearance of monkey business. I cannot say that for every town. We also rotate polling locations for workers each year. We have 7 locations, plus Same day registration and voting at Town Hall. I had not worked at the location I was at this year since 2014.
@Always
Here’s the rub
This was a Federal Election Year. Federal requirements state that a first time voter who did not register in person (maybe in line or by mail) must present picture proof of identity when voting the first time. Thus what you’d child read.
Those memes have an asterisk in the voter check I. Books.
BUT, how elections are conducted is left to the individual states. In CT (where I am an asst. Registrar of Voters). We require all voters to present a picture ID. If they don’t have one or don’t wish to present one, they have to fill out an affidavit subject to perjury charges. The exception is those with the asterisk. No picture IF no ballot issued.
Other states handle it differently. The Feds made the rule but have no authority to enter the polls and enforce it.In CT, no one can enter the polling station except the sworn poll workers, voters, accompanying voters’ children less than 16 years old and helpers such as a health aide. The health aide can assist the voter to the booth, but the. Must leave during actual voting, the R and D asst Registrars together can assist the person. With voting. The two Registrars together can go out to a car to assist a mobility restricted voter with a ballot. This year we had two such voters in our district.
Having been a poll worker for 50 years in three municipalities I can say that voter fraud (for in person voting) is extremely rare.@lakewhut
As usual you cannot refute facts and make a nonsensical reply.
Donating money to a candidate is NOT a form of rigging.
If it were, no donations to candidates would be legal.Too bad if one candidate attracts more than another, that reflects in the candidate’s appeal or organization not rigging.
Here in CT we have a People’s Election Program. A candidate can raise a stated amount in small contributions from a required minimum number if donors in the district and qualify for public funding of the campaign. A candidate for state rep need only raise about 7k to qualify. On most districts both candidates qualify and have the exact same amount of money for the campaign.
Even statewide candidates can qualify for funding. The multimillionaires who ran for governor chose not to participate so they could spend as much as they want. A participant running for state senate gets about $100k for the campaign which is plenty.@Lakewhut
Who cares?
In 1972 Sarah Rxxxxx, the comptroller of my father’s corporation embezzled more than $3,ooo,oooo (a lot of money back then) and contributed it to the Nixon Presidential campaign. That doesn’t mean it was a rigged election.
I resent your false accusations. I am an Asst. Registrar of Voters and this November 8th was the 50 year I worked as an election official. We put in an 18 hour day and every D working is paired with an R of the same position to make sure nothing is rigged. Or polls close at 8 PM. We were off 9 votes. the R asst Registrar and I working under direct supervision of the UNAFILIATED Moderator (the official in charge of the polling location) required 2 hours to find the arithmetic mistakes that had been made in the checkers’ books and account for spoiled ballots and two that could not be machine read. Only after balancing cold we drive together in one car with the tabulator machines to Town Hall where he Registrars put them under lock and key. Yesterday I sent three hours in a recount of another polling location where the election had a margin of 11 votes. After examining every ballot, running them through the tabulator machines and explaining why three absentee ballots could not be counted (they were in inner envelopes that the voter had not signed or sealed. as required by law), the final count was a majority of 1 vote. There was no miscount on Election Day, but a ballot rejected by the machine for an overcount (more than one candidate with markings in a column) was examined by the Registrars of both parties to see if voter intent could be established. The voter had blackened a circle, realized it was for the wrong candidate, put an X through it and blackened a second circle. The voter wrote on the ballot that the X was to invalidate the mistaken vote. Machines can’t read and count these markings, but in a recount every ballot is hand examined and if both Registrars can agree on intent the vote is counted. The voter should have handed the ballot with the error to a ballot clerk, it would have been marked spoiled, but into a sealed bag and a fresh ballot handed to a voter. At my polling location there were more than three thousand in person votes cast and only 21 spoiled ballots.
You and the election deniers need t stop making false accusations of voter fraud and impugning the reputation of the many thousands of dedicated election officials in the USA.
Every POLL WORKER swears (or affirms) a Constitutional Oath regarding their position and is subject to Federal Criminal prosecution if they misbehave.Donating stolen funds to any campaign does not mean the election was rigged
It is now the Twelth Night (sorry Shakespeare) that I am sitting in a chair by Mrs. CTL’s hospital bed.
Here in CT, two hospital systems own/run 90% of the hospitals, including all in our area.
Her doctor is in a practice owned by Group A, she is in a hospital (our preference) owned by Group B.Group A only makes the latest records available instantly to Group B, otherwise request and wait 24 hours. As the ICU doctors ask questions about condition over time, I sign into her records on my smartphone and let Grouo B specialists see what they need
@Huju
My father always told us:
It’s just as easy to fall in love with a rich girl as a poor one.I told my children opposites may attract but make for a terrible life. Pick a spouse from the same socio-economic and educational background/level. It makes for a much better relationship.
Lastly and most importantly:
Question everything. Blind faith and obedience is what brought us the millions who did Hitler’s bidding“Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.”
“Blame the Jew”
Shall we start a pool for when Jared goes up the river?
$10 a date pick, winner designates the Yeshiva to receive the proceeds of the pool.Wait times vary by both demand and staffing, as well as the care needed by the patient.
I type this while sitting up all night (for the 10th consecutive night) in Mrs. CTL’s hospital room.When we arrived outside the ER in the driveway I lowered my car window and yelled to a nurse who was discharging a patient that we needed a wheelchair and staff to get Mrs. CTL out of car and into triage. Within 2 minutes 3 staff and a wheelchair were at the car. It took ten minutes to transfer her. I locked the car where it sat and followed them inside. Immediately they started taking vitals while I dealt with quick registration. In 5 minutes we were in our way to an ER room and exams and treatment began. It was 2:30 in the afternoon on a weekday. We had passed through the ER waiting room and it was virtually empty. Only half the ER treatment room were in use. At 10 pm I left the treatment room to move my car to the hospital garage. By then every treatment room was in use, I counted 14 patients on gurneys in the hallway being treated. The large ER waiting room was full. At 2 am she was admitted and sent to ICU. 8 days in ICU, half the rooms empty but no bed was available on a medical floor so it took an extra day til she was moved.
Since arriving on the full medical floor, I walk the corridor to stretch my legs. Tonight I counted 3 empty rooms for the first time.
What it will be in an hour? I don’t know and couldn’t guess.
Your timing depends on many variables@Always
“Would BS degree matter when you have a higher degree? Maybe law firms are picky, but in my areas it does not matter.”
You may not be aware how much it matters.
The old boy network still exists in many fields.
You may be a top PHd from Ohio State, but that Yale or Harvard tie may mean a lot when you arrive for an interview. Showing up at the Yale or Harvard Club in Manhattan for drinks and networking works wonders.
I went to UPENN undergrad, Wharton and then law school in Mass.
My Penn connections have been very valuable in the climb through my profession.
My children and their spouses all have IVY undergrad educations, not all have IVY law degrees.
Every year or so I hire new associates who have graduated UCONN and Quinnipiac Law schools. If I see that IVY BS on their resume it does raise their chances. Since I don’t hire anyone who has NOT already passed the Bar Exam (the great equalizer) the law school name is not that important to me.
Students learn law in law school, they learn to be and function as a lawyer in the working world.Eldest brother is an electrical engineer with his own firm. He also gave mental points to applicants who attended his IVY alma mater. He would send feelers out at his university club when looking for new hires.
@Ray Kaufman
I”H your will should not be needed for another 40+ years…..
That said, I do not solicit new clients and definitely not through the CR,
I strongly suggest you use an attorney in this field who practices in the geographical area of your local Probate/Surrogate Court.
The local attorney knows the peculiarities of the system and the judges/clerks. That save time and money for the estate.
You also should use an attorney who understands the mandatory distributions per halacha in addition to statutory requirements. In most jurisdictions you can not disinherit a spouse or minor children (includes adult dependent children for reasons of mental or physical impairment).
Always mention your direct descendants by name and state whether they are to receive something or not. If you leave one out, they may challenge the will claiming they were overlooked. I am not leaving assets to my children, they are well fixed, but will to my grandchildren, wife and chosen charities. To reinforce this, my children and their spouses are all named in my will and left $10 each. This tells the court you did not forget a child, but deliberated and made a calculated decision on their legacy. My children, all attorneys in the CTL firm, will not be insulted, as this has been discussed. They do not know the rest of my intentions and will not find out during my lifetime.@Ray Kaufman
You are decades behind in your info/facts.
Law schools did not require a Bachelor’s Degree for entry, as before 1962, The Standard law degree issued by American law schools was an LLB (Bachelor of Law).The horde of JFK appointed Harvard Law grads appointed to Federal positions complained that the Civil Service would only pay them for a Bachelor Degree education. JFK imposed on Harvard to switch to a J.D. (Juris Doctor/Doctor of Law) so their graduates would be paid at the highest government rate. The entire American Law School community followed suit.
I had a number of Professors in Law School and came up against lawyers in practice that had LLBs issued in the 1940s and 50s.
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In NY, it was possible to still take the Bar Exam without attending Law School, having read the law and apprenticing for X years in a law firm. That is what FDR did in the 19teens. I had a paralegal in our NYC office in the early 1980s follow that route. I then hired her as an associate.
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Law is the only discipline in America where a Masters Degree outranks a Doctoral degree.Dating back to the LLB, mentioned above, post graduate work in Law earns an LLM.
I earned an LLM in Estate Law after holding a JDMy wife tells me that regularly
@anonjew
“If Trump is actually guilty, how ineffective is the FBI that they still can’t prove it.”You show a basic lack of understanding of the US legal system.
I am not saying Trump is or is NOT guilty of a particular charge, just about to explain how the system works. My bonafides include decades as a member of the Bar in 4 states, as well as admitted to the Federal Bar in districts in NY, MA, CT. I have also taught as an adjunct professor at several US law schools over the years.
The FBI (FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION) is an arm of the Justice Department charged to investigate crime. They report their results back to the Attorney General or applicable US Attorney (depending on the alleged crime and/or location)
The FBI is not charged with proving guilt.Should the results of the FBI’s investigation cause the Federal Prosecutor to seek an indictment before a Federal Grand Jury, and such indictment is granted……
Then the FEDERAL PROSECUTOR is the person(s) who must prove guilt in a court of law during trial.
FBI gathered evidence, as well as testimony of FBI personnel may be entered in evidence during a trial, BUT the FBI NEVER has to prove anyone or any organization guilty of anyhing.
“Trump has the authority to declassify and transfer to his personal ownership”
NO, that is FALSE!
The sitting President has the authority to order certain documents to be declassified. He cannot perform the required steps himself. It has to be done by proscribed government employees according to set procedures.
He does not get to transfer the documents to his personal ownership, leaving the government without ‘originals’ (what is an original in this era of digital production, unlike in the age of carbon copies) as opposed to making and taking copies of truly declassified documents to be owned personally.No President can proclaim something declassified and it is then so. Not how it works.
@Ray Kaufman
Don’t give up your day job………………………
This long time attorney will tell you that:
#1 An EX-President has no authority to declassify anything
#2 A sitting President may have the authority to order that certain documents be declassified, BUT The documents have to go through prescribed procedures executed by specific government employees for declassification to occur.This did NOT happen.
No intent or statement by Donald Trump declassified these documents.