Welcome to Insights
Insights is where the attorneys of Lawson Huck Gonzalez publish their writing — and where we point readers to the writing and speaking they have done elsewhere. Here is what to expect.
Mercy and Justice: Justice Alan Lawson on the Nuance Podcast
Retired Justice Alan Lawson joins Dr. Case Thorp of The Collaborative for a conversation about faith and the bench, the pressures judges carry, the tension between mercy and mandatory sentences, and his family’s work in Honduras.
Where Chaos Meets Holy Ground
Every lawyer knows the feeling of stepping into someone else’s chaos. Michael Kelley on why the rooms where lawyers work — the mediation table, the deposition, the boardroom — can be holy ground, and what that asks of the Christian lawyer.
Five Years On: Jason Gonzalez on Florida’s Adoption of the Federal Summary Judgment Standard
Jason Gonzalez urged the Florida Supreme Court to adopt the federal summary judgment standard and then wrote one of the first practitioner explainers of the new Rule 1.510. Five years later, the piece remains a clean primer on the reform.
Ed Patricoff in POWER Magazine: Doing Business Abroad, and Keeping the Lights On at Home
Three commentaries by Ed Patricoff for POWER, the power-generation trade magazine: a field guide to cross-border due diligence, and a hard look at reliability in the energy transition.
The Weapons of Peace
If legal conflict is holy ground, how then should a Christian lawyer practice? Michael Kelley on the two errors to reject — passivity and domination — and on the difference between a lawful tool and a fleshly weapon.
Angela de Céspedes in Florida’s Voice: Cuba’s Freedom Will Require Florida’s Leadership
Writing as a descendant of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Angela de Céspedes argues that Florida should build the commercial, legal, and human infrastructure for a free Cuba before the day arrives — and lays out three concrete steps.
Mona Passage: Buddy Bardenwerper’s Novel of Duty, Friendship, and the Sea
Before law school, Buddy Bardenwerper spent five years as a Coast Guard officer in the Caribbean. That experience became Mona Passage, a novel published by Syracuse University Press, and a body of writing on the maritime border.
The Well-Balanced Lawyer: Justice Lawson and the Florida Bar’s Center for Professionalism
The Florida Bar’s Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism recorded a conversation with Justice Alan Lawson on how a lawyer stays whole. The recording is still available — and still approved for two hours of CLE credit.
When Can Courts Hear School-Funding Cases? Corinne Milnamow in the University of Miami Law Review
State courts are split three ways on whether they can decide school-funding challenges. In a Comment for the University of Miami Law Review, Corinne Milnamow argues the Nevada Supreme Court should not have walked away from the question.