Ann Marshall
@annmarshall1.bsky.social
Seattle • Mom • Dirt Lawyer/Mediator • GoBlue
No one has ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the plain people. Nor has anyone lost public office thereby.
~ H.L. Mencken, 1926
No one has ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the plain people. Nor has anyone lost public office thereby.
~ H.L. Mencken, 1926
It took parenting, not years of litigating, to learn to ask “what happened before that.” I’ve never seen a LEO silently, w/o requests or explanation, circling a car, masked, holding a cell phone videoing, non responsive. And then surge in the absence of threat. And I’m not seeing much about that.
January 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
It took parenting, not years of litigating, to learn to ask “what happened before that.” I’ve never seen a LEO silently, w/o requests or explanation, circling a car, masked, holding a cell phone videoing, non responsive. And then surge in the absence of threat. And I’m not seeing much about that.
Yeah. And occasionally as a mediator one party is so nuts the other ones cut the nutty one out and settle around them. Sign: you sit in a room and don’t see the mediator for hours. And i believe that actually happened to Trump in the case in CA where he sold condos in Mexico. That were never built.
Occasionally as a litigator you run across an opposing party who repeatedly breaches contracts and settlement agreements and legal requirements — just never abides by them. Generally competent lawyers point out that you shouldn’t do business with or enter contracts with that person.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Yeah. And occasionally as a mediator one party is so nuts the other ones cut the nutty one out and settle around them. Sign: you sit in a room and don’t see the mediator for hours. And i believe that actually happened to Trump in the case in CA where he sold condos in Mexico. That were never built.
A lovely tribute at the Athenian Lunch in Seattle. 💔
December 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A lovely tribute at the Athenian Lunch in Seattle. 💔
AMAZING acceptance of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by Conan. ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8q...
Excerpt from Conan O'Brien's Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech
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May 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
AMAZING acceptance of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by Conan. ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr8q...
Harvard Negotiation Project does the work on the analysis on why firms should not negotiate with Trump to protect their own interests. By Sheila Heen, a professor of practice and negotiation expert at Harvard Law School. leiterlawschool.typepad.com/files/negoti...
leiterlawschool.typepad.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Harvard Negotiation Project does the work on the analysis on why firms should not negotiate with Trump to protect their own interests. By Sheila Heen, a professor of practice and negotiation expert at Harvard Law School. leiterlawschool.typepad.com/files/negoti...
Is this where all the cool kids went?? Looking to re-connect with my tens of followers on social media! 😂
November 23, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Is this where all the cool kids went?? Looking to re-connect with my tens of followers on social media! 😂