Criminal Defense

When I joined the public defender's office out of law school I was told: "don't ever talk to the media." I haven't fol...

Those in the legal field often say that "criminal lawyers are the only civil lawyers." This comes from the notion that civil lawye...

I haven't blogged here since Christmas Eve. I've been sitting back, and watching our system continue to deteriorate into a circus of...

Something off-topic for Christmas Eve, a perfect assessment of how embarrassing we are as voters. Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For...

So said one of my hometown heroes of our profession, David O. Markus yesterday at the Miami Criminal Defense Bar's Holiday Seminar and ...

There are certain things that go on in the criminal practice that none of us talk about. Undercutting each other to get cases,traveling to o...

"I could never do what you do." I hear that weekly. I have always said the same thing about divorce lawyers. Some of the stuff you...

Our criminal justice system is totally screwed up. No, I didn't just realize that, it's what keeps me doing what I do, defending the...

Yesterday I ventured into traffic ticket court. I don't go there all that often anymore. I know some of you "big criminal defense l...

Because I have to leave for the airport 6 hours before my flight to get through the throngs of media reporting on the throngs of people, I w...

This morning, one of our courthouse resident complainers was asking me how I handle clients that don't pay after I get them a great resu...

Welcome to my office and thank you for considering me to represent you in your case. Prior to our meeting, I thought it would be important f...

Richard Cohen of the Washington Post writes this great editorial today on why Larry Craig should speak out for those that are coerced to co...

Where have I been? Getting angry. Going through that occasional "what's happening to our criminal justice system?" In the past...

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...