HerringLaw: Civil Rights & Discrimination Law in Iowa

Retired from the practice of law. . .

so maybe now I'm no longer practicing, I've become perfect?  [she said jokingly]  I retired in December and other than staying involved in various legal groups [mostly bar associations and NELA & Iowa NELA], I am no longer practicing law in any fashion.  If a person wants a referral, glad to try but other sources may know more current information in order to do so.  Thanks to all clients, friends, attorneys and others for making the past 42 years interesting, challenging and rewarding.

[I am continuing to focus on my fine art photography, particularly with architectural and travel themes, and updates can be found at JourneyZing]

  Good bye to the Iowa Capitol's lovely State Law Library!  

TAPAs are tasty AND secure. . .

TAPAs: Five Ways to Make Your Data More Secure in Five Minutes or Less - by Jeffery Allen and Ashley Hallene in the American Bar Association's GPSolo eReport for November 2018 - good short review of easy ways to keep... Read more →

How to Print to PDF easily in Mac OS X in two keystrokes!

I used to be able to do this and then upgraded and lost the ability and, frankly, had not thought I needed it again. But am collecting information on a topic and wanted the functionality again. I found this excellent,... Read more →

De-Cluttering....

I'm on a mission to de-clutter & simplify and as I do so, am having a great time! First, I found a letter from my 7th grade math teacher, who I have a strong memory of, and wrote to her... Read more →

Be sure to check the Publications link/dropdown of my Law blog.

I have over time written several articles about the use of Mac computers [and iOS devices as well] and have posted them in the Publications area for reading and/or download. All were written for and with the assistance of the... Read more →

So, if you freeze/lock your Credit Reports, what then?

As I explained in my post a few days ago, I had an incident of identity theft and quickly moved to lock or freeze all my credit reports, which means I have to personally approve a possible lender or whatever... Read more →

Identity Theft attempt....fair warning.

Window, Le Monastere des Augustines Well, I finally was bitten by the Bad Security Bug. I received an email message from AT&T, my cell phone carrier, which indicated that someone had used my Social Security number to create a new... Read more →

Amazing how "history" repeats itself...

President Abraham Lincoln called a meeting to order in his office, a meeting which included secretaries of his cabinets well as leaders of Congress. They discussed the Civil War and its effect upon the economy and our standing among the... Read more →

Using a longer passcode is an excellent security idea

I opened my iPhone in front of a friend and she was curious about my using a longer passcode than the usual 4 digit = I’ve done that for several years. A 4 digit passcode [pin] is statistically quicker to... Read more →

End-of-the-Year cleaning & Planning for the New Year

Kenilworth Gardens, DC Dedicating the end of a year to cleaning up things, particularly on computers, is a good plan. I don't always succeed fully, but at least make the effort. I go through my passwords and update some of... Read more →

Spam Catcher tool for the Mac

I don't exactly know why but over the past few days I've gone from about 30-50 spam emails a day to, just now, 250! But, thanks to SpamSieve, I don't have to mess with them, other than to quickly scan... Read more →