Legal History Informs What We Need to Do. A Peaceful Revolution is How We Do it.

“And make no mistake: no profession is more honorable than law. The defenders of the Constitution, the guardians of our liberty, the advocates of just causes, no matter how unpopular, the protectors of the powerless, the wise counselors of our society – that is the role of American lawyers.”

–Bob Wright, University of Virginia School of Law Graduation 2002

This part of Bob Wright’s commencement message spoke to me because it addressed what I believed as a younger, new, idealistic lawyer, but what I still believe today after over 30 years in practice, despite perhaps sometimes becoming somewhat jaded in the