Archive for April, 2010

In deference to Old Yeller.

Scott Greenfield was on twitter today and he accused me of being a pussy.  He asked if there was anything that moved me enough to yell. Because he yells.  And Terry Kindlon yelled.  And lots of other lawyers yell.  I don’t yell.  Not here.  And, since this is my blog where I can write what [...]

Posted in: Criminal Defense, Public Defenders   |     |   15 Comments

The Thin, Navy Blue Suit, Line

There has been some chatter in the blogger world lately about ineffective assistance of counsel. Jamison Koehler, Scott Greenfield, Gamso, Mark Bennett and Gideon have written about ineffective assistance of counsel and broken it down into its bits and pieces. I’m not one to quickly jump into the fray in these kinds of conversations. I [...]

Posted in: Criminal Defense, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Public Defenders   |     |   3 Comments

Letter to a Young(ish) Lawyer.

What you’ll read below is an email sent to me by the person I consider to be my mentor, and one of the greatest lawyers I’ve ever seen, Terry Kindlon.  Now, Terry is no joke.  He’s tried capital cases and DWI’s, if you google his name you’ll see the kinds of shit he takes on.  [...]

Posted in: Criminal Defense, Lawyers   |     |   10 Comments

Starting Over

I was away for a few days, hanging out with some women friends of mine, so I haven’t been able to keep up with my daily dose of blogosphere drama.  I came back to the office this morning, put my four cup coffee pot on to brew, and sat down to read my ‘stories’.  I [...]

Posted in: Criminal Defense, Lawyers, Mothers   |     |   7 Comments

Why is that Panda eating a Lion?

Now that I’ve emerged from my cave, I’m afraid that people who met me while I was in there are a bit shocked at what kind of a bear I really am.   I seemed more panda-like back then, eating bamboo and leaving the nice people alone.  Look at me, I’m so cute.  Look, the panda is pregnant.  [...]

Posted in: Criminal Defense, Mothers, Women   |     |   10 Comments

You’re the inspiration.

I have a bunch of friends, non-lawyers, who read this blog.  I like that.  I feel that its good for those women I know as moms to also know this side of me; those people I knew in high school to know how I turned out; and relatives to realize the kind of DNA we got going [...]

Posted in: Mothers   |     |   4 Comments

Thank you, Norm Pattis

Here is my public service announcement for the day, Norm Pattis on why talking to the police is never a good idea.   A while back, on SoloSez, someone asked the question – would you consent to a DNA test to exclude you as the perpetrator of a brutal murder?  I said no.  I also said I wouldn’t [...]

Posted in: Criminal Defense, Not Gulity No Way   |     |   4 Comments