On this blog, attorney Travis Scott Eller escapes the courtroom and ventures into the realm of commentary and storytelling only possible after too much caffeine and not enough sleep.
When he’s not dismantling eviction defenses, he can be found staring down grandmasters over a chessboard, bending spacetime with his golf swing, or writing fiction so outrageous that even his characters ask for legal counsel.
In Pamplona, the bulls don't run with him. They run from him.
When he relaxes, everyone else calls it “too much.”
He is… the most interesting lawyer in the world.
“Court Martial”: A Legal Drama That (Mostly) Holds Up—A Plot That Doesn’t
February 19, 2026
Lawyering has ruined most legal dramas for me. While I don’t expect Hollywood to mirror...
Do the Landlord’s Motives Matter Legally?
December 28, 2025
I recently saw headlines about the Jam Master Jay murder case saying a conviction was...
The Rent is Too Damned…Fixed?
December 7, 2025
Landlord use of AI to set rent rates has spawned a wave of new laws...
Evicted by Matthew Desmond, a Review
January 6, 2021
A woman moves slowly, looking overcome as she answers the door for the sheriff deputy...