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Yin-yang and the scales.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

 At the Trial Lawyers College, the inevitable day comes when everyone is handed a paintbrush, and is told to tell an important personal story through painting, without regard to technical artistry. As it turned out, when I did the painting exercise, some of the most meaningful paintings at first looked as rudimentary as those done by elementary schoolers while the final piece of one of the more talented brushmasters told more of an a la carte menu than an integrated and deep story.  When I launched my previous law firm's website in 1999, I chose the Statute of Liberty as the website's symbol, which embraced justice in general, and logically covered my criminal defense work and Jay Marks's immigration work. Now with my new law firm, I unveil my new logo of the scales of justice within the yin-yang, which is a symbol used -- among other things -- to represent the Chinese martial art of t'ai chi, which I have been practicing for fourteen years, as well as representing one of the five principles of t'ai chi (separating one's weight in yin-yang balance)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on September 15, 2008 (boomark / email).