Defending People

the tao of criminal-defense trial lawyering

Look on the Bright Side: This Way You Can Do It on the Clock

| November 25, 2008

Down at the crim­i­nal cour­t­house, the pros­e­cu­tors are hard at work: updat­ing their résumés. All Har­ris County Assis­tant Dis­trict Attor­neys, from the lowli­est mis­de­meanor four to the most entrenched divi­sion chief, have been told by the incom­ing man­age­ment to do so. (I couldn’t make this stuff up.) Wow! That’ll be great for morale! I will be […]

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Memo to Non-Criminal Defense Lawyers

| November 24, 2008

My Civil (and Pros­e­cu­to­r­ial) Friends, I know times are tough. The Repub­li­cans have gut­ted the civil jus­tice sys­tem through tort deform. Fam­ily law and pro­bate law and real estate law clients don’t have the money that they once had to spend on lawyers. Even in Hous­ton, the econ­omy is slow­ing down. I sym­pa­thize. Really, I do. […]

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