Dear clients and friends,

There is a saying that feeling appreciation and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not giving it.

So this year, at the first anniversary of my law office’s move from Los Alamitos to Orange, I want to thank my clients, old and new, and the many other friends, neighbors, and professionals who have asked for my services or recommended me to someone else.

I am also grateful for the three celebrations that took place in 2009: my Dad’s 94^th birthday; Patricia’s and my 3^rd wedding anniversary; and the 5^th anniversary of my secretary/paralegal Monica Sharifzedah’s good work in my law office.

It has been a tough economic year. Still, there is a multitude of things to be grateful for. So, if like me, you are tempted to complain or fuss about something that didn’t turn out so well, I suggest that you smile and sing this little song:

Got no checkbooks, got no banks,
Still I’d like to express my thanks –
I got the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.

Got no heirlooms for my kin.
Made no will, but when I cash in
I leave the sun in the mornin’ and the moon at night.
Irving Berlin

Happy Thanksgiving!

James D. Perry