by Sarah Poriss | Oct 2, 2018 | Debt, Foreclosure, Got Debt?, Solo practice
It was twelve years ago today, October 2, 2006, that I went solo. I actually didn’t have much of a plan. I had obtained a position reviewing documents for large class actions which I could do from home on my computer. That was going to pay enough to pay my bills.... 
by Sarah Poriss | Nov 3, 2016 | Court Practices, Real Court Stories, Solo practice
The late great Roger Ebert came up with a set of movies rules for movie viewing gleaned from his decades of amazing reviews. Things like ‘the guy in a war movie who shows everyone the picture of his sweetheart will die by the end’. Or ‘Ali MacGraw... 
by Sarah Poriss | Aug 10, 2016 | Court Practices, Foreclosure, Solo practice
Probably the most authentic picture of what it’s like to run a small law firm is Better Call Saul. No, this has nothing to do with working with someone like Mike, or filming 2 am attorney ads surreptitiously on Air Force bases, or any one of his dozen other antics.... 
by Sarah Poriss | Mar 7, 2016 | Solo practice, Stuff you may not know
I was on the phone with a mortgage broker last week – yes, like 99% of the general population, foreclosure defense attorneys need mortgages – when he asked me about my business. I quickly described what and how I do what I do, when I finished there was a... 
by Sarah Poriss | Dec 31, 2015 | Court Practices, Debt, Foreclosure, Got Debt?, Real Court Stories, Solo practice, Stuff you may not know
It’s been quite a year, in court, out of court, blogging, talking, consulting. Since I started putting my thoughts down early in the year a few themes have emerged, themes I’m sure I’ll continue to follow into 2016. Perhaps the single, overriding... 
by Sarah Poriss | Dec 23, 2015 | Debt, Got Debt?, Solo practice, Stuff you may not know
So now, as an infallible way of making little ease great ease, I began to contract a quantity of debt. ~ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Where would Charles Dickens have been without debt? Where would English Lit, Hollywood, and Christmas be without Dickens? The...
