Law Blog

Too many people obsess over their salary, bonuses, job title, or for their business, revenue numbers and targets. They’re staring at the scoreboard instead of watching the game being played right in front of them. The football coach Bill Walsh said that “the score takes care of itself” and it’s a fundamental truth about how sustainable success works in busi...

Legal separation in Arizona is often misunderstood as a softer alternative to divorce, but in practice, it functions almost identically. Under Arizona law, a court may enter a Decree of Legal Separation if at least one spouse is domiciled in the state at the time the case begins, and if one or both spouses desire to live separate and apart. The only additional requ...

Every year, countless professionals reach a fork in the road where they have to decide whether to take on something difficult or play it safe. The ones who consistently choose the hard path are the ones who build careers worth having. I’m not talking about being reckless or taking on every impossible task that comes your way. I’m talking about that moment when ...

Look, I get it. January rolls around and suddenly everyone’s a different person (or wants to be). You’re going to connect with all those contacts you always say you will, finally get organized personally and professionally, and go to the gym five days a week – and this time it’s all going to stick. The problem is that by February or maybe March, if you’re...

The Arizona minimum wage will increase from $14.70 per hour to $15.15 per hour. The latest increase will take effect on January 1, 2026, and will remain in effect until December 31, 2026. This means that Arizona employers will need to start paying the higher minimum wage ($15.15 per hour) for all hours worked after January 1, 2026. If employees are classified as ti...

Big changes are on the horizon for Arizona taxpayers starting January 1, 2026. Senate Bill 1749 (SB1749), passed as part of the state’s budget, introduces new tax breaks and expands several existing ones—especially for veterans, adoptive families, and businesses. Here's a quick breakdown of what’s changing and who benefits. Veterans See Major Tax Breaks...

The fastest way to lose credibility is to treat your first thought as your final answer. You’re in a meeting, someone asks a complex question, and your brain immediately serves up a response. It feels right. It sounds confident. And it’s probably wrong. The nightmare isn’t that you had the thought—it’s that you believed it without scrutiny and shared it. ...

Beginning in 2014, many of you probably read my blog regarding having a checkup for you and, if you have one, your business. This does not involve the doctor, but it does involve all the other professionals in your personal and business life. Based on positive feedback, I have made this an annual tradition. I originally made this post about the week between Christm...

In a few days it will be Thanksgiving 2025, in what seems like a world gone crazy. In thinking about writing about being thankful or gratitude, I looked back to my posts from the week of Thanksgiving in prior years. I can’t say it better, so here is my annual blog for the week of Thanksgiving. This is a good time of year to think of gratitude generally and what ...

Almost nobody hears too many sincere compliments. We’re all walking around with positive thoughts about colleagues, clients, and people in our professional circles, but we keep most of them to ourselves. It is as if there is some invisible force field that stops us from just saying what we’re thinking when we appreciate someone. The solution is simple. Complim...