A Message from Managing Partner Ira Sherman
It is the time of year when we celebrate holidays— Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza—and rejoice in the concept of “Joy to the World”
and “Peace on Earth.” These holidays could not be more perfectly timed. We are all ready to celebrate with family and friends. The last few years feel like we have all traveled through a gauntlet of stressors. We had the COVID pandemic during which many of us lost family members and friends. Many of us also know people who were hospitalized, ventilated and needed life-saving measures to survive. While we are no longer fearing death from COVID, the shadow of it hangs over everyday life along with the threat of RSV and the flu.
Trial lawyers are combatants. Many of you know that one of the law firm’s catchphrases is “the courtroom is our battleground.” Each of us prides ourselves in being creative and aggressive in our effort to obtain full and complete justice for our clients. This is the war we fight on a daily basis for each and every individual injured as a result of the carelessness of others.
However, we are experiencing wars on real battlegrounds all around the world where people are getting injured and dying. There is war in Ukraine. There are wars in Nigeria and other African countries where terrorists like Boko Haram kill and/or kidnap entire villages in their effort to overthrow the government. There is the war in the Middle East that began when the terrorist organization, Hamas, crossed the border between Gaza, a Palestinian territory, and the State of Israel. After crossing the border, Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,200 civilians who were either attending a musical festival celebrating peace and/or residents of Israel.
In my lifetime, there has been no time like the present for the need of the message for peace and goodwill to be spread among all mankind. I hope, as I’m sure all of you do, that this desire for peace materializes quickly to avoid further loss of life.
On behalf of all of us at Chaikin, Sherman, Cammarata &Siegel,P.C.,we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season and New Year.