Richard KergerApr 1Looking AheadAs a result of the quarantine, most of us are engaging in a considerable amount of introspection, maybe just some old fashion navel-gazing. But sometime and...
Richard KergerJul 3, 2019Preparing for Handling CrisisYour day begins with the sun shining, good news on your favorite TV channel and dinner plans with good friends. Then unbidden and unannounced comes the bad ...
Richard KergerMay 9, 2019Experience Really MattersFor the past thirty years, the frequency with which businesses are involved in litigation has been declining. This is no doubt beneficial and is a reflectio...
Richard KergerFeb 12, 2019Headlines from HistoryI recently read a book entitled “Mr. Five Percent, The Story of the Life of Calouste Gulbenkian.” Gulbenkian was an Armenian who lived from 1869 to 1955. ...
Richard KergerJul 27, 2018Trump – What is Going on?I have been watching the pundits and talking heads go on and on about Trump and his rights. What is surprising is that some of them got it right and some of...
Richard KergerJul 24, 2018In Consideration of Judge Brett KavanaughWhile in local and state elections I vote based on the quality of the people, I have always been a Democrat when it came to national politics. That is chang...
Richard KergerMar 27, 2018The Second Amendment: It's not that complicated.I am not a legal scholar. Nor do I consider myself the smartest person in any room. But the language of the Second Amendment seems clear to me. It says: A...
Richard KergerMar 9, 2018What Happened to Reasoned Discourse?Because I am a trial lawyer, I am regularly engaged in arguments, sometimes fierce arguments, with opposing counsel. I am equally involved in arguments with...
Richard KergerJan 17, 2018Handling the Inevitable CrisisIt's a quiet Fall afternoon when two well-dressed men present themselves to your receptionist announcing they are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation an...
Richard KergerDec 12, 2017Bitcoin v. the Dollar.I must confess at the outset that when I first heard about Bitcoins, my skepticsm was overwhelming. Who could possibly put value in an financial instrument ...
Richard KergerDec 5, 2017Conclusion Leaping from a Distance.On July 1, 2015, Kathryn Steinle was shot and killed on a pier in San Francisco as she walked with her father. The shot was fired by Garcia Zarate, an illeg...
