Written By:  Vito Colasurdo, Jr., Esq., Counsel

In a week’s span, COVID-19 dramatically changed  our lives.  Most of us are living in isolation. It is now cool to be a hermit and the most common words currently being used  are “social-distancing” and “self-quarantine.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) and the World Health Organization (“WHO”) are recommending that people “shelter in place”, calling for those who can to work from home. The essential steps we are taking to limit the spread of the coronavirus (“flattening the curve”) have had unintended consequences on the global economy.

By:  Albertina Webb, Esq.

Welcome 2020.  January has come and gone.  February is almost done too.  Where has the time gone?   Do you have days where you feel you are walking/running in circles?   Here are some suggestions for balancing work and life and not pulling out all of your hair:

• Get plenty of rest – or minimally 6 hours every night.   Your useless to yourself, your clients, friends, boss, children if you are exhausted and cannot function.   If you consistently deprive yourself of sleep, you are having brittle nails, hair loss, dry skin in addition to those dark saggy circles under your eyes.

Written by: Sylwia M. L’Esperance

Divorce does not have to spark negative thoughts and awaken a desire to start a war between spouses. Although tension and disagreements are most likely to occur down the road as the divorce process tends to be arduous and often thorny, there are avenues that attorneys may utilize to help the spouses relieve the pain and encourage settlement negotiations that also promote a more cost-effective approach to divorce.