Fun fact: There was no class on pandemics in law school.

Sure, we briefly joked about the power that Governors and Presidents COULD exert in case of an emergency but it was mostly in the context of nuclear war and talking about how a Secretary of Commerce could become President (yes, this was way before

Today, I had the opportunity to argue in front of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in downtown Manhattan. (Hence the reason for the sparseness of posts lately).  

Although I have been there before, it continues to rank among the most professionally rewarding experiences in my career. Every attorney who dreams of an