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Written for legal administrators, small firm owners, and business leaders. Each piece is about work actually done, including the parts that did not go smoothly.

Light trails from freeway traffic below a city skyline at blue hour
Evening traffic at blue hour · Photo: Richard L. Wood

October 22, 2026

HB 1308 and the Personnel File You Can’t Find

Washington now gives employees a private right to sue over late personnel files. What the law requires, what it costs to miss, and how Claude can take on most of the heavy lifting of getting your files in order.

Also published on LinkedIn.

September 11, 2026

Using AI to Build Your 2027 Budget

What to feed an AI when you build a law firm budget, the three data problems every firm hits, and why the methodology document matters more than the totals.

Written for Soundings, September 2026. Also published on LinkedIn.