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.
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2016 The Best Lawyers In America
I have received this honor as well. I get a lot of membership requests for Best Lawyer type organizations, but I turn them down. Super Lawyers and this are the two I respect the most and think give my potential clients a basis for trusting me to review their cases.
2016 Maryland Super Lawyer Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
Only lawyer in Maryland named for all 10 years.
Part 3- I Can Beat You With 25% of One Eye Closed
Last Tuesday I had a case I was really looking forward to on the Eastern Shore. I had another relatively new officer, this one a Maryland State Trooper, and a video. Interesting that they have videos in the cars everywhere but the Baltimore metropolitan area. My...
PART 2- I Can Beat You With One Eye Closed
When I was postponing my Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday cases last week, I emailed the Baltimore County State's Attorney's District Court supervisors to let them know that I was requesting postponements. I ended with: "I expect to be back BETTER THAN EVER in Towson...
PART 1- I Can Beat You With One Eye Closed
Two weeks ago today my right eye gets bleary. I figure it is a cataract and I don't think they are a big deal. I go to my internist for a flu shot and that is what he sees. Meanwhile I squeezed in an appointment with my opthomologist for last Monday. I see him at...
Teaching CLE
I received a request today from a Baltimore County judge to do a DUI Seminar one morning. In Baltimore County we have Continuing Legal Education Program each month at 8:00 AM. The last one I did was on Sentencing. This one will be on the SFSTs and Sentencing. I...
Declining To Teach Fall Seminar
After a great deal of consideration I am not going to teach the State Bar Association course on how to defend a a DUI. The reason? I am not going to lecture prosecutors and police on my strategy to win your case. It is one thing when I teach strictly defense...
2015 Super Lawyers Designation
It is nice that it is now 9 years. I was the first designee in 2007. Still means nothing unless you do the work for the client.
“Who was more surprised: General Custer or Prosecutor Bernstein?”
That was the first sentence from a retired judge who I sat down to lunch with yesterday. I bumped into him and he had a big smile on his face. He too had felt duped and personally experienced the arrogance of the now deposed State's Attorney for Baltimore City. NOW...