Essays and field notes
Plain explanations. More room.
Short posts are good for making the point. This is where I slow down and explain what the law looks like in practice.
Writing
Law, business, and the work between them.
General information, written plainly. Nothing here substitutes for advice about a particular matter.
Featured note · June 16, 2026
Winning isn’t getting paid.
A judgment answers who owes what. Collection asks a different question: whether there is money, property, insurance, or another lawful source of recovery on the other side.
The notebook
Short form, in public.
Most of my writing starts on X. The ideas that need more explanation become notes here.
Notes on law in practice.
Judgments, contracts, procedure, law-firm work, baseball, and the ordinary parts of being a lawyer in Arkansas.
A note about these notes.
They explain general concepts. They do not answer what the law requires in a particular situation.
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