Chamomile Tea and Legal Briefs.

Weekdays are so hectic for New York State's chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, 65, that he rarely has time for reading the endless motions, briefs and memos that go with the job. So a big pile of paper goes with him whether he and his wife, Amy, also a lawyer, spend Sunday in their East Side apartment in Manhattan or their home in Rye Brook in Westchester County, where they raised their two children, now 34 and 31. WILLIAM GLABERSON EARLY TO RISE In chambers during the week, the phone rings every three seconds. I need concentrated time preparing for oral argument, so most Sundays I get up around 6 o'clock to have concentrated time until around noon. My wife loves it because she gets to sleep late. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]