I have closed many courthouses with long trials. In District Court that means 6:30-7:00 PM. I never closed it at 9:45 AM. When courts reopened they set 3 cases for the entire courthouse. The first two were pleas so mine started at 9:15 AM. I never get to start at...
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Courts Reopen- Let the Madness Begin
Courts reopened today to different practices and procedures depending on the jurisdiction. I suggested and the MCDAA formed a Covid-19 Committee to get some uniformity for trial practice. Only a few judges have been interested in the Organization's input, although...
Don’t make promises
I was just retained by a new client. She had partially paid another lawyer who told her she had a 40% chance of getting the case dismissed. This soothsayer has not seen the police report nor the Body Camera footage. He could not tell you who the prosecutor is going...
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...
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...
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...
Justice Department to Aggressively Pursue Marihuana and Mandatory Penalties
It is no secret that Attorney General Sessions is opposed to the use of marijuana for any purpose, including medicinally. He has appointed a former United State's Attorney from Tennessee to help implement the change. There has been a growing movement by CONSERVATIVES...
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases
Because some clients do not know I handle these kinds of case, I have updated this website.There are many law firms who do Personal Injury and Wrongful Death work and turn your file over to their para-legals to do all the work. I do my own work. In my last...
My Criminal Defense Practice
Most of my website focuses on my DUI practice. If you are contacting me for a DUI through the website, you have probably just returned home from the police station and are looking for a lawyer. I have decided to add some information on the Home Page about my non DUI...