Resurrecting Aesop... fables lawyers should remember...

...Mike has traced those values back even further than grade school to 600 years before Christ when the pagan philosopher, Aesop, used animal stories to teach the ancient kings of Asia Minor the same lessons in rectitude and service that I learned from the nuns in third-grade catechism. He taught them the basic tenets of eternal wisdom.

Wisdom is the knowledge of God's will. It is universal truth. Aesop's lessons transcend the barriers of religion, language, culture, geography, and time. They are as true and relevant for lawyers in twenty-first century New York as they were for the pagan royalty of Asia Minor in the sixth century B.C. Aesop's animals invariably suffer for their acts of pride, greed, self-indulgence, and obsessive ambition. They are rewarded when their conduct demonstrates the virtues of humility, integrity, kindness and commitment to community...