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This week’s column isn’t about law, public finances, or geopolitics. It’s not a policy critique or a legal explainer. It’s something more personal-and, I’d argue, more important. It’s about you….

Not long ago, I wrote about a hearing that reminded me why this profession still matters to me after all these years. It was a case that showed how much…

Every once in a while, a conversation sneaks up on you. You walk in expecting nothing, and you walk out thinking about it for the rest of the night. That’s…

The last column struck a chord. It was shared widely, picked up by media outlets, and sparked conversations in coffee shops and boardrooms. But what stood out most were the…

In my book Paradise Found: A Guide to Buying Real Estate in Aruba, I stress repeatedly that buyers must surround themselves with knowledgeable, ethical, and legally competent professionals. Because when…

From its humble beginnings in 1991 to the challenges of today, the Aruba Bar Association continues to evolve with Aruba. When we talk about institutions that shape the professional and…

There are moments when power quietly slips past the boundaries of law,  almost unnoticed, almost normal, and unless someone calls it out, it keeps slipping. In Aruba’s healthcare system, that…

Back in May, I wrote about the Ennia judgment, a case that revealed how informal culture, unchecked authority, and absent oversight hollowed out governance in one of the Dutch Caribbean’s…

Written from Europe, a follow-up to an earlier column on Alzheimer’s rights In the past, I wrote about the rights of people living with Alzheimer’s and the quiet, often unnoticed…