I’ve made my living the past three decades plus representing people charged in federal criminal cases, mostly here in Atlanta. The news the past couple of days has been dominated by three other federal criminal matters, the case in Virginia against Paul Manafort (as I’ve mentioned previously, this man is in an unfortunate situation but…
Continue reading ›Like me here in Atlanta, criminal defense lawyers around the country are probably reading about the federal criminal trial involving Paul Manafort (guy with a great first name), the former Campaign Chairman in the last Presidential election. And like me, lawyers and laypersons alike are wondering about the impact of the evidence and witnesses on the…
Continue reading ›I have tried around 100 federal criminal cases here in Atlanta over my 35 year career. A recent report from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (“NACDL”) demonstrates that trials in federal criminal cases are almost “extinct.” The report shows that a mere 3% of Defendants take their cases to trial, mostly because of…
Continue reading ›All lawyers need to keep up with their reading, and criminal defense attorneys are no different. I’ve been plowing through recent federal criminal cases, and came across three (not from the Atlanta area) that deal with the financial aspects of a federal criminal sentence. Each sort of reminds me of the Ojay’s song, “For the…
Continue reading ›Casual readers (those in Bermuda shorts included) know that I am a criminal defense lawyer in Atlanta who specializes in federal cases. Some readers even know about “discovery” in a federal criminal case. These readers know about Rule 16 from the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the constitutional principles underlying the long-standing “Brady rule“.…
Continue reading ›Readers know that I am a criminal defense lawyer in Atlanta who handles lots of federal cases. Most folks also know that various prosecutors employ full-time press officers who put together a “press release” every time that something happens that the prosecutor hopes to see published. And most of us are so inundated and overwhelmed…
Continue reading ›I got a notice recently that in a few weeks will be the 35th anniversary of the day I was sworn into the Bar as a lawyer. Also, I decided to look back at the history of this little blog, and discovered that soon after my 35th Bar anniversary we will pass the 10th anniversary of…
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