Ok not really, but close enough. It’s been a few weeks now, since I returned from one of the coolest experiences of my later years. I was given a wonderful opportunity to speak at the FBI National Academy Association in Dallas, TX. I really had no idea what I was agreeing to do, but a dear friend of mine recommended
Read moreA frank discussion with my dear friend Steph Watt, on the tragedy that devastated Aurora, CO. on July 20, 2012, when James Holmes, 24, opened fire on an unsuspecting crowd of movie goers, killing 12 people and wounding 58 others. We spent the hour discussing high profile cases, the aftermath of such tragic events, and the healing process and the
Read moreExtending my deepest sympathies to the lives lost and those profoundly impacted by the tragedy in Aurora, CO. It is never easy to hear the gruesome details recalled by witnesses and survivors and it will never make sense to us, as to why these horrific events occur. I hope that the families, the theatre patrons, employees and law enforcement officials
Read moreIt’s late on a Friday night and I am sitting on the side of the basketball court on an uncomfortable fold up chair, hoping a cool breeze will break a path through the stale, sweaty air. I am wedged between a sea of proud parents, who are hypnotized by their kids dribbling up and down the court, over and
Read moreI sat down tonight, wanting to write some prolific statement about this years observation of my brother’s horrific murder. But all I did was get stuck on the number 18. It plays over and over again in my head. The number has always carried such weight. Growing up in a Jewish home, there is a lot of hype around 18.
Read moreI have been given the great honor of speaking at the Women’s Graduate Breakfast at the 2012 FBI NAA Training Conference in Dallas. For a few hours, I will have a chance to share my story and the plight of the victims movement, with an audience comprised of high-ranking law enforcement officials, who have all dedicated their lives and
Read moreSo many of you have reached out to me requesting more information on the Civil Justice Seminars being held in CA in April, 2012 … so here you go! As you know, I am a huge proponent of the Civil Justice system – it served me well in the legal sense, but from an emotional place as well. I felt
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