Monthly Archives: June 2009

Death to the yellow pages

Do any of you still actually pay AT&T (formerly Bellsouth) yellow pages for an ad?  Besides Shiner and Strolla.  I bet those guys are regretting that decision to “go big.”  I must admit I succumbed to their marketing.  ”You have to be in here.  Everybody else is.”  What did I know. Just out of the [...]

Posted in starting your own criminal practice, yellow pages advertising

PBC judges up for re-election 2010

Thinking about running for Palm Beach county or circuit judge? Start here. My predictions:Martin Colin will have opposition. Marti had a lot of bad press last year. Even if most of the public forgot it, the press will dig it up and run the same stories over and over. We all know how bad press [...]

Posted in judge's seats up, run for judge 2010

WPB cops charged for beating suspect

Post has the story. Check out the video. Former WPB cops Louis Joseph Schwartz and Kurt John Graham kicked a handcuffed man on the ground. Later, the suspect, while handcuffed, tried to pull away. The cop punched him in the face a few times and then took him to the car. The felony arises from [...]

Posted in battery, charged, conspiracy, handcuffed man, west palm beach cops

False name of client – what to do?

Local super lawyer Donnie Murrell spoke last weekend at the facdl seminar. His presentation was the most painless ethics presentation I’ve seen. Donnie covered this topic, which came up today for me and my client. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF THE FLORIDA BAR OPINION 90-6 (Reconsideration)May 29, 2009 A lawyer who learns that a criminal defendant is [...]

Posted in candor to tribunal, client under false name, duty to report