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Comedy tonight (Tuesday, August 18, 2009). For some free entertainment, come to ComedySportz Houston, 901 Town & Country Blvd., at 7:30 to my improv 201 class perform along with a stand-up comedy class. Cash bar (beer and wine).
Mark Bennett | August 17, 2009
In conclusion from this post, this post, this post, and this post: Andy Nolen has been disciplined by the State Bar before. He persists in engaging in deceptive advertising. In my opinion, he needs to be removed from what passes in his world for the “practice of law.” Whether they know it or not, his [...]
Mark Bennett | August 17, 2009
Following on from this post, this post, and this post: I can’t swear to it, but I’ve heard that Andy Nolen has never tried a case to a jury. The Harris County Justice Information System, JIMS, doesn’t show a jury trial for Andy Nolen in records of 342 cases going back to 2006. Despite his [...]
Mark Bennett | August 17, 2009
Following on from this post and this post: When I googled Mekisha Murray to find her address and let her know that she’d been the victim of an Andy Nolen false negative review, up popped her Yahoo Local page, with (in addition to the one-star review of the last post) this two-star review from“niecy” on [...]
Mark Bennett | August 17, 2009
Following on from this post . . . “Jerry k.” left 31 reviews for Houston lawyers on July 23, 2009: 30 one-star reviews and one five-star review. Guess who got five stars. Yep, James A. “Andy” Nolen. Among the lawyers panned by “jerry k.”: Don Becker (again, twice on this day), Todd Leffler, Dan Corrigan, [...]
Mark Bennett | August 17, 2009
Okay, let’s play “one of these things is not like the other things,” Houston criminal-defense lawyer edition. Ready? John Floyd. Jack Carroll. James A. “Andy” Nolen. Don Becker. Tyler Flood. Wayne Hill. Which of these things just doesn’t belong? If you guessed “Andy Nolen”, you’re right.
Mark Bennett | August 14, 2009
We lawyers love to hear ourselves talk. That can be the death of a jury selection. In a good voir dire, the jurors do most of the talking. Even if I can’t hear what the lawyer and jurors are saying, I can tell a good voir dire from a bad one by listening, as long [...]
Mark Bennett | August 14, 2009
They are once again on their way. They are walking through the forest. Shrek belches. DONKEY Shrek! SHREK What? It’s a compliment. Better out than in, I always say. (laughs) DONKEY Well, it’s no way to behave in front of a princess. Fiona belches Thence, Rule 3 of the Simple Rules for Better Jury Selection: [...]
Mark Bennett | August 11, 2009
Jury consultant Dennis Elias (@JuryVox) twitted: At opening statement you have no standing with the jury. Don’t tell them what the evidence will show; story them the evidence. Break that down into a rule (tell the jury the story of the evidence) and a reason (because you have no standing with the jury). The reason [...]
Mark Bennett | August 5, 2009
You may not have noticed this, but people don’t like lawyers very much. Or rather, they don’t like people acting like lawyers very much. Once they get to know them, they like the human beings behind the label just fine, but it’s not the jurors’ job to go behind the label, and if you define [...]
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