I was going to post this on my legal blog, but I just couldn’t.  I don’t care how low my standard of review for Probable Cause is:  as ashamed as I am to admit I’m a part of this faux system of justice, this is one rant that just has to go here.  I can’t […]

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I really don’t know how many times I’m going to beat my head against a wall before I just give up and realize that the United States Constitution is dead. And that no one cares. These days, anything the police wish to do is not only justified, but considered a-ok, no problemo, what-the-hell-are-you-complaining-for?-we’re-just-trying-to-keep-everyone-safe. Anderson Cooper […]

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Interesting article from the ABA Journal on how judges — like many other intelligent people — rely upon intuition to get things wrong. The article focuses on trial judges, as opposed to the norm of studying appellate judges. That makes it interesting to many of us in and of itself. The most interesting part of […]

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A posting on SOLOSEZ, one of the few listservs I have time to read these days after following some of the tips in “50 Ways to Market Your Practice,” informs me that Above the Law thought that compilation was pretty pathetic because it didn’t list blogging as one of the 50 ways. I noticed that […]

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I’m not sure this post is appropriately titled, particularly since at least part of the inspiration for it is an armless woman, Venus de Milo. More accurately, the re-evaluation of the time period in which she was created is the inspiration for this post.

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Rape. It’s a strong, powerful word which evokes a great deal of emotion. Rape itself, of course, is a crime. Even in the United States, we still put people on trial when they are accused of crimes. The purpose of a trial is to decide if they did commit a crime. Until the jury hears […]

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Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only attorney out there frustrated with the advertising systems available to us. From talking with other attorneys, I get a sense that I’m not. Yet I can’t figure out why things are as bad as they are, if everyone is as frustrated as me.

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A few minutes ago, my office phone rang. It’s funny how just hearing a name can shape your entire mood. Moments before, I had been laughing over some funny videos someone had shown me. Then came the words, “Hi. I’m calling from Findlaw….” Suddenly, the laughter was gone and I instantly felt angry. As a […]

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A friend sent me a link to an interesting story about blogging prosecutors. I’m of a mixed mind on this. On the one hand, I’m in favor of free speech and people — even prosecutors (within reason) — should be able to say what they want. On the other hand, District Attorneys already too frequently […]

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I couldn’t have said it better.

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