by RG | Jan 7, 2026 | legal matters
Get to the Point! Don’t fear the em dash, says Teddy Snyder. Until the latest brouhaha about differentiating your writing from machine style, you probably used em dashes regularly — and correctly. The post Good Writers Ignore Em Dash Critics appeared first on...
by RG | Jan 6, 2026 | legal matters
Paula M. Lawhon: She Literally Wrote the Book on Family Law Mediation By Susan Cushing When people say an attorney “wrote the book” on a topic, it’s usually just a metaphor. In the case of Paula M. Lawhon, it happens to be literally true.Her forthcoming book, Steering...
by RG | Jan 6, 2026 | legal matters
Paula M. Lawhon: She Literally Wrote the Book on Family Law Mediation By Susan Cushing When people say an attorney “wrote the book” on a topic, it’s usually just a metaphor. In the case of Paula M. Lawhon, it happens to be literally true.Her forthcoming book, Steering...
by RG | Jan 6, 2026 | legal matters
Timothy Dowling: Reshaping Mediation in America By Susan Cushing When Timothy Dowling describes the origins of Resolvium Mediation Group, he does not begin with its official 2022 launch. Instead, he talks about friction — not the abstract kind that shows up in a law...
by RG | Jan 6, 2026 | legal matters
Timothy Dowling: Reshaping Mediation in America By Susan Cushing When Timothy Dowling describes the origins of Resolvium Mediation Group, he does not begin with its official 2022 launch. Instead, he talks about friction — not the abstract kind that shows up in a law...
by RG | Jan 6, 2026 | legal matters
Mae Villanueva, the founder of Mae Villanueva Mediation in San Ramon, has worked with hundreds of litigants in civil disputes involving employment, wage and hour disputes, landlord-tenant and family matters. AALM: You began your career as a paralegal. How did that...