That lawyers in Maricopa County, Arizona, have had enough and will meet at the courthouse today to show their solidarity, is unfortunately not one of those events.
I wonder why.
Googling this event brings up a few blog posts, and a brief clip from the Phoenix New Times.
I checked the website again for the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, but their event calendar doesn't mention it.
This is a bad time to expect a big crowd at any event, other than a holiday party or deep discount flat screen TV sale, but I do hope that the lawyers of Maricopa County, civil, and criminal, take their lunch hour and drop by the rally.
Having a large number of lawyers attend this event will make a big statement.
Having a small number of lawyers attend makes a bigger statement.
Brian Tannebaum is a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, Florida practicing in state and federal court. Read his free ebook The Truth About Hiring A Criminal Defense Lawyer. To learn more about Brian and his firm, Tannebaum Weiss, please visit www.tannebaumweiss.com
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An interesting side note. Robert McWhirter, the President of AACJ, is a public defender in Maricopa County, and he was one of the speakers at the rally - the one who said, "On behalf of the criminal defense lawyers, all I can say is, "'It's about time.'"
ReplyDeleteAnd still AACJ has nothing on their website.