Paul G. Rice: Parallels Between Work and Play(ing with Sweet Briar's Future)

Abrupt announcements.  Misleading stakeholders.  Endowment squandered.  Millions of dollars due to creditors.  Breach of fiduciary duty.

These are not the (Sweet Briar) stories you're looking for.

In fact, this isn't a Sweet Briar story at all.

(okay, it totally has to do with the events at SBC)

Five Lessons Learned at the Virginia Supreme Court (TM)

(Not all of these lessons pertain to Sweet Briar; there were three cases on the docket prior to ours)

1. Don't interrupt Justices when they are speaking.  They don't like that.
2. Don't tell Justices what they can and cannot do in regards to hearing a case or making a ruling. They *really* don't like that.
3. The Attorney General's office is not above making deals behind the Supreme Court's back. Guess what the Justices think!
4. If you're going to argue your position, stick to your guns.  When you say "maybe," "I think," "perhaps," or "I guess," you lose credibility.
5. There is such a thing, legally, as an "average" sex offender.*

* Seriously?