My background
I grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, attended Dartmouth College (class of 1967) on a National Merit Scholarship, and received my law degree from Stanford Law School (1974). In between the start and finish of law school, I served as an officer in the U.S. Navy, assigned to a branch of the Navy that specialized in cryptography and secure communcations. After law school, I practiced law in Colorado Springs for 40+ years before (mostly) retiring in order to have more time to write and chase trout in Colorado's high mountain lakes and rivers. (The fish rarely feel threatened.)
My style
Lawyers too often write in a stilted manner which perhaps makes them sound professional but doesn't do much for non-lawyer comprehension. I enjoy writing in a way non-lawyers can understand and humor is an important part of the recipe.
My writing roots
I've always liked to write and actually went to law school with plans for a career in journalism, but that wasn't to be. However, starting in November of 1992 and continuing through March of 2025, I wrote a weekly column for Colorado Springs' daily paper, The Gazette, under the name Money & the Law. A collection of these columns can be found at Best of Jim Flynn's Money & the Law and Second Best of Jim Flynn's Money & the Law.
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