Elect to Participate
October 1, 2013 | President's Page, OC Lawyer Magazine by Wayne R. Gross Nobody will deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves, and the only way they could do this is by not voting. —Franklin D. Roosevelt When I was a boy, I received as a gift...
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Ephemeral Moments
September 1, 2013 | President's Page, OC Lawyer Magazine by Wayne R. Gross I’m not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I’m not looking for the secret to life. ... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes. —Frank Sinatra I recently turned fifty. To celebrate, a client and very good...
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Why We Wear Ties
August 1, 2013 | President’s Page, OC Lawyer Magazine Download as a PDF by Wayne R. Gross Can’t repeat the past? Why, of course you can! The Great Gatsby, 1925 A close friend in the fashion industry once told me that the best way to tell whether a male lawyer is well dressed is...
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Lessons in Judicial Grace
July 1, 2013 | President’s Page, OC Lawyer Magazine Download as a PDF by Wayne R. Gross Like the pine trees lining the winding road I’ve got a name I’ve got a name ~ Jim Croce Upon graduating from law school, I had the good fortune of serving as a law clerk for United...
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The Power of Saying Yes
June 1, 2013 | President’s Page, OC Lawyer Magazine Download as a PDF by Wayne R. Gross It seems to be a truth, inflexible and inexorable, that he who will not risk cannot win. ~ John Paul Jones The publication of this month’s Orange County Lawyer magazine marks the midway point of 2013. It...
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Making Justice a Reality for All
May 1, 2013 | President's Page, OC Lawyer Magazine by Wayne R. Gross A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. ~ John F. Kennedy Presiding Judge Thomas Borris, Assistant Presiding Judge Glenda Sanders, and I, among others from the Orange County Bar, recently met in Sacramento to...
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