Monthly Archives: March 2010

Kids change your outlook on criminal cases

I don’t get this. Maybe I’m getting soft in my old age (40 next year). Maybe. Nah…probably because I have a son now. I protect him. That’s my #1 job. Things change for the better once you have a son or daughter. You look at the world differently. Your life has meaning like never before. [...]

Posted in change outlook, criminal cases, Kids

Giving more service than paid for

Here’s something I’m working on: a willingness to render more service than I was paid for. Don’t get me wrong. I charge more money than most criminal defense lawyers in Palm Beach county. When the case is open, I bust my ass for the client – regardless of whether it is a pro bono case [...]

Posted in best clients, Giving more than paid for, training clients

State Attorney McAuliffe – one year later

Mike McAuliffe’s first year in office. Susan Spencer Wendell has the story. Attorney Grey Tesh, president of the county’s criminal defense lawyers association, expects McAuliffe to someday tout his pursuit of harsher penalties in a bid for higher office. “Guaranteed we will be hearing about this in a campaign speech one day,” Tesh said. Mike [...]

Posted in Mike McAuliffe, politician, State Attorney

Mike Schutt back to PD’s office, More PD defections and John Rivera, chief of felony

Heard today that private lawyer and former major crimes APD Mike Schutt is going back to the PD’s office. Adrienne Ellis left a void when she went to the State Attorney’s Office. Mike Schutt is going back to major crimes. Schutt is a real lawyer’s lawyer. The best of the best. Mike is the reason [...]

Posted in chief of felony, John Rivera, Mike Schutt, PD defections