I\u2019ve wanted to start a blog for quite some time.\u00a0 On many occasions I\u2019m asked\u00a0by a network to comment\u00a0on a complicated legal\u00a0issue and find myself trying to explain things in a 20 second sound byte.\u00a0 The law is not that forgiving.\u00a0 A blog gives me the opportunity to explain things in more detail than valuable television time permits.\u00a0 In addition, I have a lot of friends on Facebook and Twitter who ask questions that I would like to address\u00a0but the 140 character limit of Twitter, while appealing for some purposes, is too limiting for others and, frankly,\u00a0I can\u2019t\u00a0bounce back and forth from each site to answer questions or nothing else would get done.So I\u2019ve decided to start this blog and to use my first post as a response to the three questions I am most often asked on Facebook and Twitter.\u00a0 Think of this as a \u201chousekeeping post\u201d as it is more functional than interesting\u2026at least for me.\u00a0\u00a0 I promise that my future posts will be more substantive.\u201cWhy is \u2018Judge Alex\u2019 off the air?\u201dThe short answer is that\u00a0the company that produced \u201cJudge Alex\u201d decided to stop producing \u201cfirst-run syndication\u201d\u00a0so our\u00a0show was cancelled.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019d explain the term \u201cfirst-run syndication\u201d but to be totally honest, the explanation is incredibly boring and doesn\u2019t add much.\u201cWhat\u2019s next for you?\u201d<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been speaking professionally for years\u00a0all\u00a0across our\u00a0country.\u00a0 I enjoy the travel and like meeting people.\u00a0 I especially enjoy speaking to\u00a0high school, college and graduate students because I love inspiring them to succeed and intend to continue doing that.\u00a0 I am also creating a platform from which I can better interact with all of you.\u00a0 I hope to be able to move my blog to this platform where I can answer questions about the law, post audio and video interviews and add some fun things for all of us to share in.\u00a0\u00a0And I want\u00a0to practice the type of law I really enjoy: representing people who have been truly victimized and seriously\u00a0injured by large, powerful corporations.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it, everyone\u2019s\u00a0disgusted by people who fake or exaggerate injuries for money.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fraud on the court and\u00a0an embarrassment to\u00a0the legal profession and our system of justice.\u00a0 If it can be proven\u00a0it should be prosecuted.\u00a0 In fact, I\u2019ve\u00a0defended many companies who have been the victims of frivolous lawsuits.\u00a0 But\u00a0there are also companies\u00a0who seriously injure people in order to\u00a0make a buck (think\u00a0\u201cFord Pinto\u201d for those of you old enough to remember the horror of\u00a0people incinerated in their cars because a corporation calculated that the cost of settling the inevitable lawsuits was cheaper than the cost of recalling the\u00a0defective\u00a0vehicles; a callous \u00a0\u201clet them die; it\u2019s cheaper\u201d mentality).\u00a0\u00a0A large corporation with the financial ability to beat the injured victim down until they settle for\u00a0very little,\u00a0or go away, is\u00a0an unfair fight;\u00a0a real David\u00a0& Goliath battle about which I\u2019ve always felt passionate.\u00a0 So to answer the question, I\u2019ve paired up with some great lawyers to take on\u00a0the Goliaths of the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you going to come back to television?\u201d<\/p>\n
The short answer is: \u201cSure. Why not?\u201d\u00a0 I really enjoyed\u00a0working with all of the great people on \u201cJudge Alex\u201d and would welcome the opportunity to do it again.\u00a0 I also enjoyed meeting fans of the show at\u00a0different promotional events.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m in talks with a couple of groups that are interested in bringing my court show back but, since there are only a\u00a0limited number of time slots during the day,\u00a0a\u00a0large part of that decision\u00a0is determining what\u00a0shows that are\u00a0currently airing are worth keeping and which are worth replacing.\u00a0 That\u2019s a\u00a0matter that is out of my hands but not yours, so if you\u2019re a Nielsen family you should know that they take the ratings of what people watch very seriously; and if you\u2019re not a Nielsen family, feel free to email your local station and tell them what you don\u2019t like and what you miss\u2013it is your own private rating and they value that too.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also spoken to some networks about coming \u201cin-house\u201d as a commentator or host and I\u2019ve pitched different show ideas that are\u00a0being considered.<\/p>\n
So there\u2019s no clear answer, as of yet, as to television. But regardless of what I do in television, I intend to continue chatting with my friends\u00a0on Facebook and Twitter (see the links on this page), I intend to continue\u00a0doing professional\u00a0speaking (see speaking\u00a0tab on home page)\u00a0and I definitely intend\u00a0to continue my new venture of protecting\u00a0the rights of real victims.\u00a0 \u201cWannabe victims\u201d need not apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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