What follows are lessons I have learned over the course of four years serving as a law clerk and 34 years as a solo private practitioner. 

What follows are lessons I have learned over the course of four years serving as a law clerk and 34 years as a solo private practitioner. 

In 1954 at the age of ten, Rudy's family moves from noisy, teeming South Brooklyn to what they thought was a quiet neighborhood in Flushing, Queens called Queensboro Hill. Little did they know, it was anything but quiet.

The cliche says "let the record speak for itself." Yes, but what does the record say?

In the late 1960s, Vietnam wasn't the only American combat zone.

Being born in Brooklyn in the 1940s as I was, in retrospect, is nothing less than a blessing.

You've got a problem? That's no big news but don't complain. Do something if you have a problem. Don't just talk about it.

If you've ever gotten bad news whether it's from your dentist, your doctor, your accountant or lawyer, there's always a default reaction that kicks in: Let me get a second opinion.

In the 1930s and 40s the old musical movies would start with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland saying "Hey Kids, let's put on a show!" Well, we did.

High society in lowdown, blue collar East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.