Special thanks to adam for giving me my first comment. And he's right ... I do have a bit of an argumentative style, at least in written form. In my first court appearance as an attorney, I got rebuked by the judge for "badgering the witness." Yup, he actually said that. I thought it was only in movies, too. So I said, "Badgers, your honor? We don't need no stinkin badgers!" No, not really.
Anyway, I'm much smoother in person. But a man's got to know his limitations, and that is one of mine. I'm always striving for improvement, so perhaps I can work on softening things a bit, or at least making clear to those to whom I write that I see the value in their expressions and I value it. That would help a little, right?
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
What the hell does that mean?
Probably the best place to start this blog is with an explanation of the name, Attornatus Oregonensis. It's Latin. It translates to "Oregon Attorney." Simply put, I'm an attorney and I love my adopted home of Oregon.
Some people find the name is unintelligible, but most people just think it's odd or even a little pretentious. It's probably fitting that it's a little odd, because so am I. And I didn't intend it to be pretentious, but I did want it to be distinctive.
See, being an attorney is an important part of who I am. I went to law school because I saw the opportunities attorneys have to shape society and because I wanted to make a change in our world, and our State, for the better (and I'll have a lot more to say on that). I have been inspired by Oregon, both the people and the place, and I want to be a different species of attorney -- the kind that can only come from understanding the values and sensibilities of Oregon, our Oregon. I want to be so distinctive in the community that a biologist might classify me as a new species, as an "attornatus Oregonensis."
I could write for days on exactly what that means to me. But I hope it will become self-evident from my other posts.
Some people find the name is unintelligible, but most people just think it's odd or even a little pretentious. It's probably fitting that it's a little odd, because so am I. And I didn't intend it to be pretentious, but I did want it to be distinctive.
See, being an attorney is an important part of who I am. I went to law school because I saw the opportunities attorneys have to shape society and because I wanted to make a change in our world, and our State, for the better (and I'll have a lot more to say on that). I have been inspired by Oregon, both the people and the place, and I want to be a different species of attorney -- the kind that can only come from understanding the values and sensibilities of Oregon, our Oregon. I want to be so distinctive in the community that a biologist might classify me as a new species, as an "attornatus Oregonensis."
I could write for days on exactly what that means to me. But I hope it will become self-evident from my other posts.
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