Mark Bennett | October 25, 2012
Here is Atlanta lawyer Danny Naggiar’s webpage: None of those people is Danny Naggiar. In fact, here’s the real Naggiar: He’s no adonis, maybe, and he could use a decent haberdasher, but that’s no reason for him to be using a stock picture of an old bald dude in his advertising. (A stock picture, by […]
Mark Bennett | October 17, 2012
Here’s another sample question from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization: In federal court, where a hearsay statement is admitted, the credibility of the declarant may be attacked by: a. Prior convictions, subject to Rule 609; b. Opinion and reputation testimony concerning the declarant’s truthfulness; c. Prior inconsistent statements; d. Specific instance of conduct, if probative […]
Mark Bennett | October 16, 2012
Highlights of audience comments: • “The ‘Interesting Legal Questions’ only served to confuse me.” (There’s a fine line between interesting and confusing; I cross it occasionally.) • “Presentation was well done. What a shame that his ‘biased liberalism’ had to be so blatant it detracted from an otherwise good discussion.” (You stand up and fight […]
Mark Bennett | October 16, 2012
Here is a sample question from an exam I’m preparing to take on Texas criminal law. The question was provided by the authors of the exam: In a jury trial the assistant district attorney calls the defense attorney to the stand to attempt to establish that the defendant visited the attorney at a certain time and […]
Mark Bennett | October 16, 2012
Minnesota debt-collection mill Gurstel Chargo announces that it has hired two new associate attorneys in Scottsdale, Katherine Merolo and Benjamin S. Kulpers. I wonder if Merolo and Kulpers know what they’re in for: I am a recent (now past) employee of this law firm. FDCPA violations happen on a regular basis, and I just wish that […]
Mark Bennett | October 14, 2012
From Minnesota law firm Gurstel Chargo’s “what we do” page: Our practice blend is uniquely designed to provide businesses with financial solutions and asset recovery. Our focus provides sophisticated and occasionally unlikely solutions to our clients fiscally driven matters. From their meaning-free-mumbo-jumbo-laden “creditors rights” page: We have developed sophisticated systems and instituted soft-touch collection practices that produce […]
Mark Bennett | October 14, 2012
Last December a guy named Sam who works for a startup t-shirt company called ooshirts emailed to offer me three free t-shirts of my own design. I put together a design with a molotov cocktail on the front and “No sense of humor when it comes to totalitarianism” on the back, along with the URL […]
Mark Bennett | October 10, 2012
Houston DWI lawyer Paul B. Kennedy (The Defense Rests) complains about Carpet bagging [visiting] judges: In the meantime, those who were tossed out of office by the public continue to preside over trials because their buddies and former colleagues keep using them as visiting judges. It’s a process that needs to stop. While it is true […]
Mark Bennett | October 8, 2012
“Lee” wrote to offer me a smoking deal: DWITicket.com is a premium domain available for you to attract online customers. This URL defines an entire, high revenue, industry and you can own it — whether to enhance your own practice or build a directory of DWI attorneys. DWITicket.com is available for just $98,777 Iif you’re the […]
Mark Bennett | October 5, 2012
This is my talk on jury selection—the law, the science, and the practice—from the State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course in San Antonio in July 2012. My accompanying paper on Texas’s law of jury selection is here. My paper on simple rules for better jury selection is here.
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