by Heidi Webb | Jan 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I appeared in Court on behalf of a client.” That sentence, spoken often by lawyers, somehow now seems a bit off the mark. What exactly is the appearance being made? If it’s “telephonic” or “on screen” as opposed to a physical presence, is “appearance” still the...
by Heidi Webb | Jan 7, 2021 | 2021
It was 1986 when I began practicing law in the state of Massachusetts, and gay marriage was still seventeen years away from the landmark Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case in which the Court held that the Massachusetts Constitution requires the state to...
by Heidi Webb | Dec 17, 2020 | 2020
On this day of blizzarding snow as I’m steeped in reflections of 2020 and eagerly anticipate changes in 2021, I imagine our fresh white blanketed earth symbolically enveloping us in hope. Hope manifests in many forms and often is most visceral on the heels of...
by Heidi Webb | Dec 10, 2020 | 2020
The following blogpost was written in collaboration with my son, Adam Singer. Adam is a writer with a curious mind, a great interest in historical and biblical texts, and a savvy social media millennial. I’m grateful for his perspective and his social media help, and...
by Heidi Webb | Dec 1, 2020 | 2020
As told to me by my father…. “There is not some justice. There is either justice or injustice.” Which is this, and does perspective matter? Recently the Massachusetts Appellate Court issued the Clement vs. Owens-Clement decision, a case involving a post-marital...
