Ask Judge Smith – Direct Contempt of Court (part 1)
Question: “ Judge Smith, what is criminal contempt of Court? How often does it happen? What punishment does it carry?” ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Tag: Guest Columnist
Ask Judge Smith – The art of the cross examination
Question: “Judge Smith, what advice can you give about cross-examining witnesses?” - Tate I have spent thousands of hours trying ...
Guest Column – Be kind to yourself when setting resolutions
“Next year, I’ll go to the gym more.” “Next year, I’ll spend more time with the people who matter.” “Next ...
Guest Column – Economic Equilibrium is the goal
Economic Equilibrium is the goal, but how do we get there? We (the legislature) passed a bill addressing the property ...
THE DIRT ROAD WONDER: Pretty People, Walking Down The Street
When I think about old times in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the one thing that sticks out in ...
Ask Judge Smith: Managing Cases – Part 2
Continued from last week… Let’s compare a civil lawsuit to a game of chess. In chess, the object is to ...
Guest Column: May we never forget freedom is not free
Memorial means to “remember” and every year on the last Monday in May, we honor those who made the ultimate ...
THE DIRT ROAD WONDER – Thrift is not a bad word
I am a child of the Depression. During those years, a lot of families were in dire circumstances, and some ...
The Dirt Road Wonder – Well, I Finally Made It To The Prom
When I was at Havana High School, we looked forward to May Day each year. There would be a noble ...
The Dirt Road Wonder: On The Way To Heaven, Do We Have To Go Through Atlanta?
So many of the old customs surrounding death have changed since I was young; you would not believe some of ...