About Derek Cole

My Idea of a Fun Afternoon? Writing a Brief, Maybe with Grateful Dead in the Background

I can’t go a day without … sarcasm. It is my coffee. If you were in my office, you’d … ask where the thermostat is, because it feels like the temperature is 100 degrees. My colleagues would be surprised to know that … I’m a closet Deadhead. When I was a newbie lawyer I … thought a judge would seriously consider my motion for summary judgment rather than just look to find a single disputed act. The lawyer I most admire is … Abraham Lincoln, whose humility, impeccable ethics and …