Band Aid – Do they know it’s christmas 1984 | HD – Widescreen 16:9 – YouTube
California Shipping Bill, the Cat is out of the bag but the wholesalers work to contain it
COVID brought many changes to the liquor industry and for some of these changes, there is no turning back. In March […]
McAlpine’s Fusiliers – The Dubliners & Ronnie Drew | Festival Folk (1985) – YouTube
When the bias becomes scientific: How WSWA works to destroy DTC Shipping
The Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) has developed some sort of rapid response team to come to the rescue for their positions on DTC […]
Blind Melon – Change – YouTube
Irish Liquor Lawyer makes 70th media appearance
I am happy to announce that I made my 70th media appearance in Blake Gray’s great piece in Wine Searcher discussing the Southern Wine and Spirits issue related to the federal government’s (TTB and joint IRS) […]
Great contributing to Kate Bernot’s fine piece on Blue Cloud and how it is shaking up the liquor world.
“One day you’re going to get someone who’s big enough to challenge the system and say, ‘Why can’t we vertically integrate?’ ‘Why is the three-tier system necessary?’” O’Leary says. “Innovation is always in a gray area.”
The Dubliners ~ The Galway Races – YouTube
Irish Liquor Lawyer files U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief
Irish Liquor lawyer filed a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief supporting the cert petition which challenges the Fourth Circuit’s decision, in B-21 Wines v. Guy, that upheld North Carolina’s discriminatory wine retailer […]
Irish Liquor Lawyer recognized as one of the top Irish American Attorneys in the Irish Legal 100
Song for Ireland (written by Phil & June Colclough) – Paddy Reilly with Deirdre Reilly – YouTube
As the child of an Irish immigrant, I could never have dreamed that I would be received and honored by […]
Every celebrity these days known to mankind has a tequila, George Clooney, the Rock, you name them and they have a tequila. I think it is great for the industry and should be celebrated. But sometimes, I just love a real Cinderella story.
The real tequila Cinderella story comes out of Chicago in the name of […]
With physical IDs failing us, States must act to legalize digital ids before it is too late
Mallory Beach was a 19 young woman from South Carolina with her whole life in front of her. Tragically in 2019 she was killed in a boating accident, caused by an underage drinker, whose blood […]
Happy to announce that I have expanded my practice to Indiana. I have been admitted to the bar in Indiana and I am authorized to practice there.
I am also authorized to practice in Illinois and admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. 4th Circuit of Court of Appeals.
Irish Liquor Lawyer Submits Amicus Brief in the 4th Circuit
I recently submitted an Amicus brief in the 4th Circuit, supporting a request for an en banc hearing of the 4th Circuit’s decision in B-21 Wines v. Bauer, which upheld North Carolina’s discriminatory wine retailer shipping law.
The amicus focused on the 4th […]