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Trauma Plus Time

4/19/2019

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IP attorney Jeffrey Kass puts personal history into ‘traumedy’ writing
written by Tony Flesor for Last Week Colorado
Editor’s Note: This Law Week feature focuses on the creative writing of attorney Jeffrey Kass. Read Kass’ essay “Twenty-Four Inches” here.

Jeffrey Kass works at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith as an intellectual property attorney, spending his time between the Denver and St. Louis offices. As a writer, though, he can typically be found around Aviano Coffee in Cherry Creek where he devotes his mornings to putting his personal stories into creative stories and essays.
His first book, “Oreos and a Pack of Marlboro Lights” is expected to be published by Adelaide Books this summer, and he hopes to see a second book, “Sheldon and Irene” published soon as well. He describes his writing as “traumedy” — real stories based on his life and personal experiences with a dash of sarcastic monologue thrown in.

“These stories show that you’re not alone,” Kass said. “You’re not alone if you suffered trauma in your childhood.”

Kass’ concept of traumedy started roughly five years ago. Prior to that, he wrote opinion articles and essays on social issues — politics, race, religion. But he eventually decided he didn’t want to write that anymore. The world has become so politicized, he said, that your opinions will get you labeled in one circle or another.
Trauma Plus Time Jeffrey Kass Last Week Colorado
Now, he’s up front about his views but he keeps them con ned to his stories. His world view comes out in the situations he chooses to write about and how he chooses to write about them.

One story, for example, details his journey across the border from Israel to Jordan — if only for a day — while keeping that monologue running about religious and ethnic tensions between the countries.

His stories developed into his branded style after a failed engagement. He said he realized he was with an emotionally cold person who didn’t understand his “love language” — he began wondering why he would choose someone like that and wondered what that said about him. From there, he began confronting his own past in a new way. As he describes it, “we’re all just repeating our comfortability from childhood.”

In his stories, he regularly revisits the things that affected him, and he says they can get crass or offensive. But that doesn’t mean they cross any lines that might harm his image as a trustworthy attorney.

“These stories will offend, they will engage, they will make you think, but they’re not so offensive that you don’t want me as your lawyer,” he said.

In fact, he thinks his straight-for- ward demeanor helps him with clients. Close clients whom he’s worked with for a long time likely wouldn’t be surprised by anything that comes out in his writing. He said he believes clients want to know they’re working with a real person.

His creative writing might have bled into his legal writing once or twice as well. He said his writing has loosened up.

To read this story and other complete articles featured in the April 15, 2019 print edition of Law Week Colorado, copies are available for purchase online.
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