i just got a really nice card from a client who had multiple drug and alcohol issues. His father passed a way a few years ago and he got lost in grief. It took 2 cases to get him on track. Here is what he wrote: "Thank you for giving me a second chance to get my...
Tough Times Call For Tough Representation
Year: 2017
Maryland Super Lawyers
I have once again been fortunate to make the lists. As I wrote in the past, it does not mean anything unless you do the work for each client.
Don’t Be Lazy! Watch the Body
You may be surprised to learn that when you are drinking you don't remember much of what went on in your interaction with the police. You knew it at the time, but recollecting it in my office is a different story. That is why the Body Cam is invaluable. Now if you...
You Pay Peanuts You Get a Monkey
That is a phrase my former partner used years ago when he set a fee and the potential client said he or she knew a cheaper lawyer. I started writing this a couple months ago but thought I would finish it today. The particular case that generates this was an Ex...
Baltimore County Body Cam Not Guilty
I just returned from court after a Not Guilty verdict in a DUI. There were 14 Body Cams but only one that was diapositive. That Body Cam showed my client at his car and the subsequent field sobriety testing. The officer's report was 100% accurate, but there is a...
Harford County- 3rd Recent DUI Dismissal and $185.00 Court Costs Instead of 9 Months
In the past few months I have had 3 DUI cases dropped by the State. All were flawed as a result of the poor policing in the cases. The most recent had a video showing the officer did not do what was in the police report. Prior to his having a video camera, I had...
Body Cam Reveals Drugs Not In Plain View
A drug charge was dismissed today because the search of the car that found the drugs was not conducted properly. There was one Body Cams. The first officer picked up the box with the drugs and placed it back in the car. The second officer did not have a Body Cam...
OUT- OF STATE DRIVER’S LICENSE MUST READ TO DRIVE IN MARYLAND
I watched a disaster today in Carroll County District Court. A Pennsylvania resident with a PA driver's license got a DUI and blew a .10. Instead of requesting a Hearing and getting a 6 month restricted license that would allow her to drive to her Maryland job, her...
Bail in 2017
The criteria for bail has been changed because Attorney General Frosh found that the system of cash bail is unfair to minorities and the poor. Our Attorney General has been a champion for those in the State who are without power and who areb unfairly targeted, wither...
Upcoming Violation of Probation for a New Client Another Lawyer Plead Guilty And Who was Innocent
Sometimes the deal is SOOO good that a defendant who is innocent accepts it, but the deal has to good if the downside of being convicted at a trial is much worse. It is called an Alford plea and is based on a Supreme Court decision in Alford v. North Carolina. The...