Criminal Defense

This is what my 8 year old asked repeatedly the other night as I was discussing the case with my wife. After asking a couple times, I looked...

This is what I heard this morning from a reporter on the Today show regarding an Ohio mother who left her 2 year old child in the car for 8...

"I am not gay" Senator Larry Craig, conservative anti-gay rights Republican, of....Idaho? (it just doesn't get worse on the hy...

Prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges, and those involved in the criminal justice system, all have different thoughts on what I refer to as ...

Dear Michael: I'm not writing to blast you for your conduct, which you have now admitted. I am writing to ask you that same question Jay...

In last year's first legislative session for Florida Governor Charlie Crist, the "Anti-Murder Bill" became law. The running jo...

So Jose Padilla was convicted here in Miami yesterday. The community reacted with a big loud "whatever." He's going to prison,...

Hello. Thank you for making an appointment to meet with me and for considering me as your counsel. The phone number you called, and will con...

I don't have one. Why do you? "Because most of my clients can't afford to pay me up front." You sure about that? Really su...

As a criminal defense lawyer who doesn't advertise in the yellow pages, I receive few early morning "someone's in jail can you ...

I wish the title of this post could be something different, but this is where we are. I practice in state and federal court. About half and ...

I received this e-mail in response to the story below. It really is a comment on the state of our system in general: "This is all a res...

This morning's Miami Herald brings us a story that is the perfect example of why all of us should be mindful of the power of prosecuto...

A state representative in Florida was arrested this week for offering oral sex to a male undercover cop for $20. He naturally hired an attor...

From CNN.com BARNSTABLE, Massachusetts (AP) -- A Cape Cod man who claimed he was homophobic, racist and a habitual liar to avoid jury duty e...

We can only hope... FOX News has the story here Brian Tannebaum is a criminal defense attorney in Miami, Florida practicing in state and fed...

That's how former DA Mike Nifong's conduct was described at his ethics hearing. Read about his future here. Brian Tannebaum is a cri...

Mike Nifong is thankfully stepping down from the position he disgraced. I hope he never is permitted to enter a courtroom as anything else ...

[1] You want to get someone transferred to another prison within the state. [2] You are a boyfriend/girlfriend of an inmate who has been con...

Next week, June 4, it will be 39 years since former Attorney General, Senator and Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy was shot. (he die...