ESPN Sources: Cowboys are trading three-time All-Pro LB Micah Packers to the Green Bay Packers.
Parsons and the Packers already have reached agreement on a four-year, $188 million contract. @DavidMulugheta of @Athletesfirst had a hand in the trade and ultimately negotiating the record-breaking contract that includes $120 million fully guaranteed at signing and makes Parsons the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history.
I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of cool things in my legal career.
By far the coolest was representing a 6-year-old boy pro bono as he was adopted by his foster parents.
Both of his parents had succumbed to drugs.
By the grace of God, he was fostered by a beautiful family from rural Texas, on the outskirts of Dallas.
When I agreed to take the case, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
As a corporate transaction lawyer, I had never once been to court.
The only other time I’d been in a courtroom was in the mock trial classroom back in law school.
I drove 45 minutes to a northern Dallas suburb, found the courthouse, and met my clients.
I was nervous.
I had a piece of paper to read, and my hand was shaking.
The little boy’s entire kindergarten class came to support him.
His new extended family was there too.
They asked me questions about court like I was an expert… I had no clue what I was doing.
I didn’t tell them that.
When the adoption became official, he cried as his new mom hugged him.
It was truly beautiful.
Now, I have a six-year-old of my own, and it absolutely destroys me to think of him trying to navigate the world without loving parents.
If you have the chance to foster or adopt, do it.
Happy (belated) National Adoption Day.
@AliceRolli1 is hard-working and a proven leader. She has a track record of working across the political spectrum to accomplish big goals. If you live in #Nashville then you should consider her for Mayor.