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Client Control
I love this phrase. It shows a complete lack of understanding of the justice system, as well as the attorney's role in it. It makes me laugh. It makes me cry. Well, maybe not cry. All too often I hear......
Will coattails be a bad thing?
In the wake of the death of longtime District Attorney, Tim Curry, Tarrant County will have a new District Attorney for the first time in 36 years. Who will it be? At the present time, longtime first assistant Alan Levy......
Ten Rules when Hiring a Criminal Defense Attorney
For most people, being involved in the criminal justice system is likely the most stressful, intimidating, and potentially ruinous situation within which they have ever found themselves. People like this have likely never had a use for a criminal def...
Because, in the end, we're all family
Just as with sports I suppose, the legal profession has its rivalries and animosities. But at the end of the day, win or lose, we know we will see each other on another day, in another court, on another case.......
No Honor Among Cops
I have a client that hired me over a year ago because she felt that her former employer would try to retaliate against her for making claims of improper behavior in the workplace. So, over the last twelve to fifteen......
The economics of criminal defense
The economy is slumping. We just learned that we are in a recession, and in fact, we have been for a while now. People are out of work. Plants are closing and companies are folding. (Hell, Circuit City opened a......
Bailout?
This is an interesting story. Tarrant County District Clerk Thomas Wilder is being sued for allegedly eliminating the jobs of Peter Hinojosa who ran against Wilder in the Republican primary with the help of Bobby Cook. The lawsuit is against......
The Typical Fort Worth/ Tarrant County DWI
Driving While Intoxicated is perhaps the most unique criminal charge in Texas, and perhaps the most prosecuted. A DWI is essentially an opinion crime; that is, it is the opinion of the officer whether a person is charged with DWI,and......
I think my Google is broken
My apologies to Judge Salvant for stating that he had no website. It didn't take a reader long to point out that the judge does in fact have a website for his reelection to the bench of Criminal District Court......
Now Hiring: Judge Criminal District Court Number Two of Tarrant County
There is only one contested criminal court judicial race this year in Tarrant County. That race is for judge of Criminal District Court Number Two. Republican incumbent Judge Wayne Salvant faces Democratic challenger Maureen Tolbert. First, why are T...
What is your verdict? It's the economy, stupid.
Scott Greenfield posts today about the effect of the economy on juries. His post comes on the heels of a post by Anne Reed at Deliberations that discussed the Sixth Circuit case of Smith v. Berguis. In Smith, the court......
So you've been arrested in Tarrant County?
A person arrested in Tarrant County is probably going to have his or her case set in the Tarrant County Justice Center located at 401 W. Belknap in downtown Fort Worth. Depending upon the type of case, it is classified......
Tarrant County's Felony Alcohol Intervention Project (FAIP)
Tarrant County implemented the Felony Alcohol Intervention Project, or FAIP, in 2007. The mission statement sums it up pretty well: To capitalize on the trauma and consequences of an arrest by early intervention in the alcoholic's course of conduct. ...
Pop quiz, hot shot.
Some movies are so bad they become almost iconic. Strangely, many of them have Keanu Reeves. (I am an F-B-I agent!!) But no matter how bad the movie might be, they always have great lines. Hence the title. One of......
Mom's Bail Bonds - Fort Worth
While many might disagree, I am actually a relatively easy-going person. Sure, I might seem serious all the time, but in reality I’m just rocking through life like most everyone else. Although this is true, there are times when I......
The Pretender strikes again
Ari Gold vs Josh Weinstein I suppose that in every profession, there are those that pretend to know what the hell they are doing. They are generally not terribly bright, and don't usually know what they are doing. In the......
No snitches
You really have to hand it to a guy who is in a position to really help himself out with regard to sentencing by flipping on people for the government, yet he chooses not to. A first-time drug offender can......
Great Google-ly moogley
This whole site tracking thing on this blog is pretty cool. You can see how people came to this blog. Did they type the URL directly, did they link from my website(...
