Since this is my first post, I thought it only made sense to say a little bit about me and then the purpose of this blog.
First, about me. I am a lawyer in New York City with the law firm Satterlee Stephens Burke and Burke LLP and my practice is focused primarily on litigation. Here is a link to my firm and my bio. By clicking on the link to my bio, you can see a few cases I have worked on recently.
On a personal note, I am married to my lovely wife Polly (who is my first and, at this point my only, "follower" for this blog) and she works in sales for a fashion accessory company in NYC. Polly and I met when we were both living in DC -- I was clerking down there -- through my friend, and co-worker, Jim. Thanks Jim.
I am an avid fight fan, boxing as well as MMA, and I am a blue belt in jiu jitsu under Marcos Santos and have had the honor and privilege of training in Brazil with some of Marcos' first instructors. I also enjoy boxing here in NYC at Mendez and work on my conditioning and boxing with my good friend and trainer Paulo.
Second, and following from the first point, my fight interest, my training, and my experience as a litigator (which has many similarities to fighting believe it or not) led me down a path to start this blog. I figured I would add my commentary on issues surrounding fights (e.g., sanctioning, drug testing, or whatever the issue of the day may be) and analysis of particular fights that interest me (or that enrage me) with a legal slant where appropriate. Basically, I get to write about two of my passions and hopefully somebody will read it and even comment. I also might just throw in stuff of interest from time to time. If there is a particular topic of interest, you can email me at nycfightlawyer@gmail.com and I will try to respond.
With that said....on to creating a first substantive post.
