Criminal Defense
PA Supreme Court Rules to Protect Passwords in Criminal Cases
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination extends to prohibiting law enforcement from forcing a...
H.B. 228 & Self-Defense: Easier to Shoot or Proper to Defend?
Just days before the new year, the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate voted to override Governor John...
Criminal Justice Reform – The First Step Act
Engage in any political discussion these days, and the same conclusion seems inevitable: we are living in a country divided....
New Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Are Available Online
For the past four years, the Alabama pattern jury instructions committee (criminal), an official committee of the Alabama Bar, has...
The Smart(phone) Criminal Defense Attorney
As a criminal defense attorney, one of the most difficult and challenging parts of the job is taking your client’s...
Criminal Records, Employment Screening and the EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency charged with enforcing federal laws relating to discrimination in employment....
The Preliminary Hearing: A Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Deposition
As a criminal defense lawyer who also does some civil work, I’m often struck by the differences between civil and...
Order in the Court – Criminal Versus Civil Contempt
In 1979, Hollywood introduced us to a dramatic courtroom exchange between a judge and a criminal defense attorney, whereby the...
California Provides Hope to Immigrants with Criminal Records
"It is also expected that many noncitizen defendants will need to invalidate a conviction years after a final removal order,...
Criminal Law — The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Recently it seems like not a day passes by, without a report of some form of government corruption in the...
