Hello everyone. Apparently Walter is leaving it to me to introduce myself as I commence my guest blogging here.

My name is Christopher Tozzo, and I am part of that ever-growing caste, the non-practicing attorney. I work in the investment bank of a very large global financial services firm, as a Supervisory Analyst — which is odd, considering that I’m neither a supervisor nor an analyst (it’s a regulatory title — go figure).

My blog is called A Stitch in Haste (long story), where I write under the blogonym “KipEsquire” (long story). I don’t just blog about law, but also a whole coterie of libertarian topics. So feel free to visit and see what you’re missing.

I am a 2003 graduate of Brooklyn Law School. I like to think that I “majored” in torts, having taken several classes in that field. On the other hand, the recent explosion of gay rights litigation has increasingly steered me away from torts and toward Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence; I’ve also always had a soft spot for the Fourth Amendment, so we’ll have some search & seizure posts. But don’t worry — I promise not to get too “constitutional” on you.

For the résumé voyeurs, I have a B.S. in Business & Economics from Lehigh University and an M.A. in Economics from Cornell University. I consider the economic analysis of liability and damages to be a far too neglected topic in the law. I do not, however, consider myself a “Law & Economics” type. I’m also a Chartered Financial Analyst. But don’t worry — there will be no financial statement analysis here (well, maybe just a little…).

I am licensed to practice law in New York State, though I have never set foot inside a courtroom, except for jury duty (and I have never actually been seated on a jury).

I have a bio page here for those interested. You can reach me at kipesquire@yahoo.com.

I’d like to thank Walter for his kind invitation. Overlawyered is far and away one of my favorite blawgs — except when he beats me to the punch and blogs about something before I do (which is all too common). I hope I can live up to his standards.