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2021 Best Law Firms – Professional Review and Rating of The Sarnacki Law Firm

Posted on November 05, 2020
Best Lawyers in America selected The Sarnacki Law Firm for its 2021 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” The Best Lawyers in America is one of the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal…

Book Reviews endorsing A Visual Refresher Course on Expert Testimony

Posted on November 04, 2020
Initial reviews for A Visual Refresher Course on Expert Testimony have been uniformly favorable, and book reviews are being published in State Bar Section journals across Michigan. Jennie Boldish Bryan published her review in the October 2020 issue of The…

One in five: U.S. adults who will experience mental illness in any given year

Posted on October 10, 2020
CNN honors World Mental Health Day (October 10) with simple tips for immediate action. Sam Romano writes (excerpt): Here are pro-active ways to stay mentally healthy: Try to get proper sleep Watch what you eat: Too much sugar and caffeine…

To you, the world offers itself

Posted on September 06, 2020
to the imagination of the lonely: Mary Oliver’s ?Wild Geese? reminds us all.

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Ratings & Reviews: Best Lawyers in America, and Grand Rapids – David C. Sarnacki

Posted on August 20, 2020
Best Lawyers in America announced that David C. Sarnacki has been selected by attorneys and judges for inclusion in the 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. David was recognized for his outstanding work in three areas: 1. Collaborative…

Professional Review and Rating: David C. Sarnacki, Super Lawyers 2020

Posted on August 14, 2020
Super Lawyers selected David C. Sarnacki to its 2020 Michigan Super Lawyers list. Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, uses a “patented selection process [that] includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations” to select the top 5% of attorneys…

The Beatles were right: the love partnership you build is more important than the person you pick

Posted on August 05, 2020
CNN reports on a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the end, it’s all about your own assessment of the quality of the relationship’s dynamics. Harmeet Kaur writes (excerpt): What [researchers] found is that…

Freeing your loved ones: surviving, healing, thriving

Posted on July 19, 2020
On Being’s Omid Safi offers a reflection on “How to Reach Out to Someone Who Is Struggling.” He writes (excerpt): So if you are that saintly soul, if you want to reach out to someone who is struggling to stay…

New Book Available: A Visual Refresher Course on Expert Testimony

Posted on July 06, 2020
A Visual Refresher Course on Expert Testimony is the book you will actually use. Expert testimony puzzles even seasoned attorneys and experienced judges. This Visual Refresher Course simplifies understanding with a practical approach to mapping the expert?s argument and assessing…

Best practices: empathy skills for understanding human beings

Posted on June 24, 2020
CNN Health helps us with our empathy for others. Kristen Rogers writes (excerpt): When you’re talking with someone, try to imagine what her life is like for her. Read his body language and utilize reflective or active listening, of which…

Sacredness: every human life

Posted on June 06, 2020
Pope Francis? Message on George Floyd (excerpt): My friends, we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life. At the same time, we…

Do our children hear our silence?

Posted on May 28, 2020
CNN reminds us that we teach our children by what we do and what we don’t do. And what do we say about race in America? Jennifer Harvey writes (excerpt): When we remain quiet, telling ourselves the unlikelihood of changing…

Grand Rapids Magazine?s 2020 Top Lawyers: Peer Review and Rating of David C. Sarnacki

Posted on May 05, 2020
David C. Sarnacki has been selected to Grand Rapids Magazine?s 2020 list of Top Lawyers. He was chosen by a vote of local judges and attorneys, and his selection will be published in the December 2020 issue of Grand Rapids…

Tips on how to give a great speech or presentation

Posted on March 12, 2011
BNET highlights 5 tips for improving public speaking from a Harvard Business Review blog entry by Dan Pallotta (who offers 8 more tips). Dave Johnson writes (excerpt): Know the goal of the speech. . . . . . . Memorize your speech word for word. Because only then can you add emotion and emphasis to it...

Facebook bombs: Shattered, My brain’s been battered

Posted on March 03, 2011
CNN covers Facebook’s facilitation of emotional affairs and infidelity. Ian Kerner writes (excerpt): [W]hile feeling attraction is unavoidable, acting on it crosses the line. Attraction is one ingredient of an emotional affair. In order for attraction to launch into an emotional affair, a person has to also develop intimacy and, eventually, a feeling of connection with that [...

Footnoting button pushing, wedding gifts, infidelity gene, Hell’s Angels, a finger, jackass, emails, “stupid person”

Posted on February 07, 2011
Ontario Superior Court Justice J.W. Quinn wrote some interesting footnotes to his decision in Bruni v. Bruni, 2010 ONSC 6568 (COURT FILE NO.: 384/07; November 29, 2010): [2] At one point in the trial, I asked Catherine: ?If you could push a [...

You… you complete me: The sustainable-marriage quiz

Posted on January 07, 2011
The New York Times highlights the role of self-expansion in marriages and relationships: how helping your partner become a better person, makes the relationship happier and more satisfied. The article includes a link to the “sustainable-marriage quiz” Tara Parker-Pope writes (excerpt): ?If you?re seeking self-growth and obtain it from your partner, then that puts your partner in [...

Happier marriages, better sex: How waiting on intimacy satisfies

Posted on January 01, 2011
Business Week reports on a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, linking early premarital sex with “more brittle marriages.” Ellin Holohan writes (excerpt): Why would rushing into intimacy impede marital happiness? According to study co-author Dean M...

Separating parenting and paying: In re Beck

Posted on December 21, 2010
The Michigan Supreme Court released its decision in Department of Human Servs v Beck (In re Beck), Case No 140842 (12/20/10). The Court determined that a parent whose rights were terminated continues to have a child support until a court modifies or terminates the obligation...

The perfect gift for our children

Posted on December 02, 2010
Love and Logic News challenges us with measuring the energy we exert in trying to find the perfect gift for our children compared to the energy we exert showing our children what a gift they are to us. Dr. Charles Fay writes (excerpt): During this Christmas season, my hope is that you’ll? * spend more time playing with [...

Eva Longoria, Tony Parker and the difference between emotional and physical cheating

Posted on November 29, 2010
Latina.com gives us Damarys Ocana’s interview of Donna Estes Antebi, author of The Real Secrets Women Only Whisper, and some insight into the emotional affair (excerpt): Physical cheating is unquestionably a bigger deal, but the other is a big deal, too, because it so often leads to physical cheating and it is still a betrayal, the [...

Collaborating your way through perceptions

Posted on October 12, 2010
Grand Rapids Collaborative Divorce shows us how the collaborative divorce process can move through perceptions by promoting fairness in ways the court system simply cannot (excerpt): In a collaborative divorce, you are accorded dignity and respect. The commitment from the very start is not about the past, fighting or blame...

Women versus Men: I’m sorry I was wrong about being bad

Posted on October 01, 2010
USA Todayshows us that women apologize more than men (and want more apologies from men) because they have a different standard for offensive behavior. Sharon Jayson writes (excerpt): New research on apologies from Canadian psychologists finds that men have a “higher threshold” for bad behavior, meaning they just don’t see “wrong” the same way women do, according [...

The social network enters the courtroom

Posted on September 30, 2010
Findlaw explains how your social networking postings may become subject to discovery in litigation. Eric Sinrod writes (excerpt): In the case of Romano v. Steelcase, a New York judge ruled that defendant Steelcase was entitled in discovery to access the plaintiff?s current and historical Facebook and MySpace pages and accounts, including previously deleted information, on the basis [...

Wabi Sabi the people in your life: celebrating imperfection

Posted on September 30, 2010
USA Today reminds us that imperfections can “bring life together perfectly.” Craig Wilson writes (excerpt): But what I was most pleased to learn is that wabi sabi pertains to people, too ? that you accept each other, even when they are “imperfect, unfinished and mortal...

Old school: One child, two parents

Posted on September 03, 2010
The Associated Press reported on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speech at a Colorado judicial conference. She commented on parenting a spirited child. Kristen Wyatt writes (excerpt): Ginsburg told a humorous story about having a young son while teaching law school at Columbia University in New York...

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” (Mark Twain): How not to bug the judge

Posted on August 24, 2010
The ABA Journal reports on dress codes for courtrooms and bans on: pajamas, saggy pants, exposed undergarments, bare feet, curlers, gang clothes, muscle shirts, tank tops, halters, bare midriffs, miniskirts (hemlines more than 4 inches above the knee), excessive, uncovered body piercings and tattoos, flip-flops, T-shirts with inappropriate messages and clown suits...

The high cost of COBRA coverage: For most, no end in sight

Posted on August 18, 2010
USA Today highlights the problems displaced workers are encountering when their COBRA subsidy ends or they do not qualify. Note: At the time of a divorce, an employee’s former spouse is eligible for COBRA coverage for 36 months, but someone needs to pay the full premium plus the 2% administrative fee...

Just say no?: Separation without divorce

Posted on August 02, 2010
The New York Times highlights the “Un-Divorced” who choose to stay separated. Pamela Paul writes (excerpt): ?Many people I?ve worked with over time enjoy the benefits of being married: the financial perks, the tax breaks, the health care coverage,? said Toni Coleman, a couples therapist in McLean, Va...

A heart for giving: Robert J. Dugan

Posted on July 23, 2010
The Grand Rapids Press notes the passing of attorney Bob Dugan. Heidi Fenton writes (excerpt): Robert Dugan loved being involved with his community, a trait he built on for decades since signing onto the downtown law firm Rhoades McKee in the 1970s. **** He noted that Mr...