Waiting in line for a down elevator after getting out of court this morning, a lawyer and a client talking about having the ignition interlock on his car "the whole time" while his case was pending:
Client: I haven’t gotten into any trouble for almost two years.
Lawyer: …and for you, that’s actually really impressive.
The lawyer had a big grin on his face, and the client laughed.
Holistic Twittering
Ran across Tamar Weinberg’s Techipedia via Simple Justice’s deconstruction of a comment on her post “The 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing”. SJ unfairly insists...
Fees Paid To Informers
Tax day chatter from the NACDL listserv brought this item, from Page 1 of “Instructions for Form 1099-Misc,” to my attention: Fees Paid to Informers. A payment made to an...
Police Testimony 101
From PoliceOne.com, comes Pat McCarthy’s article “Turning Testimony from Stressful to Successful”. Before we get to the parts that a skeptical defense lawyer might highlight...
Austin is Very Very Very Lucky
2009 was a tough year for job creation in the United States. Since job creation drives home prices, the 2009 job losses are likely to leave a lasting impact.How lasting? Economists estimate...
Sign Of The Times: iCop, iLawyer, iJudge
From a recent PC affidavit: …The tin contained four marijuana roaches and 6 small round pills with 2530 on one side and the letter v on the other. [Jamie’s client] said that the...
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