Notes from practice · D.C. Superior Court

A “Koehler Goodbye”
We have always loved extended goodbyes in my family – the more over the top, the better. We used to do what we eventually...

Ode to a legal career
When I say how good Emma would be at the practice of law, her mother — my little sister — points out that Emma is...

A man with a destination
Dressed nicely and sitting outside the lawyer’s lounge, the woman always appeared to be speaking on the phone about some weighty constitutional issue....

Storming the Capitol with Jenna Ellis
There never was an “elite strike force team.” Nor was there any significant election fraud. It is hard to believe that this second-rate lawyer once...

Riding the Acela with Matt Gaetz
I spend a lot of time on the Acela. So too do other people I have encountered over the last year or so: Tony Fauci,...

Life and other lessons from on-line gaming
It is almost as if our former President intentionally peppers his unhinged and whiny tweets with spelling and grammatical errors. He wants to show his...

As-salamu alaykum. Have a blessed day.
I look forward to seeing him every morning. We do our little exchange, our private joke, and then we fist bump, and I continue onto...

Winter came
This is why we say goodbye. Letting go is what it comes to....

Forever houses
My wife has a history of agreeing to rent or buy the first place we visit whenever we are looking for a place to live....

No room for the boy
Representing the bad guys: Criminal defense lawyers sometimes make tradeoffs when we take on domestic violence cases...

I don’t want to be that guy
I have to be careful — as I grow more experienced and continue to age –that I don’t turn into the stereotype of the cranky...

There, there
Because the grandmother is deaf, she does not hear the police officers assembling on the front porch of her rowhouse....

A Classicist’s Take on “Trump as Tragic Hero”
Guest Post by Raymond Koehler on “Trump as Tragic Hero”...

Trump as tragic hero
Like Oedipus, the classic tragic hero who was felled by his excessive pride and self-righteousness, Trump has been done in by his own personal failings....

MAGA hat
A close relative — someone I have admired my entire life — is photographed wearing a red MAGA hat. It is one of the most...
