Featuring Peter Tilem

On Parshat Vayetze:

Lavan made Yaacov work 7 years for Rachel and then switched the sisters and gave him Leah. Then he made him work another 7 years for Rachel, then another 7 years for some sheep. I am not an employment lawyer but wasn’t anyone enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act back then?

On making Aliya: 

As a Second Amendment lawyer, I will be much happier after Israel gets its own Second Amendment.

On being a criminal defense lawyer: 

When someone is facing a prison sentence, you have to work hard, get creative and be better than the other guy; especially when your client is guilty.

On politicians: 

Why would someone spend millions of their own money to get a job that pays $150,000?

On Torah and truth:

Without Torah there is no objective understanding of right and wrong, truth and falsehood.

On keeping your mouth shut: 

“Better to remain silent and thought the fool than to speak and remove all doubt.”, Abraham Lincoln

How to deal with a ticket when stopped by police: 

Take the ticket and KEEP MY NUMBER ON SPEED DIAL!  See also, “On Keeping Your Mouth Shut”

On romance: 

Is there a better feeling than giving the woman you love flowers?  Or sharing a bottle of wine?

Peter H. Tilem, Esq. is a criminal defense and Second Amendment lawyer with offices in White Plains and Englewood Cliffs.  He volunteers his time assisting the Jewish Community with security related issues. Check out his star turn in the film City of Joel, on Amazon . . . but don’t blink!  [email protected]

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