Should you go with a judge or a jury?
Over at Legal Blogwatch, I posted here about a recent analysis by Volokh guest blogger Andy Leipold, who found that criminal defendants stand a better chance of acquittal before a jury. I thought...
View ArticleGreat Criminal Law Resource, and Why It Helps Solos
At Illinois Trial Lawyer , Evan Schaeffer shares a wonderfully valuable resource, The Center for Criminal Justice Advocacy. The Center was formed as a free, non-partisan training resource to assist...
View ArticleA Solo At the Supremes
Over at The WSJ Law Blog, there’s a nice profile of Richard Diaz, the Florida solo who represents Michael Williams, a defendant who is challenging the constitutionality of a federal child-pornography...
View ArticleResources for Solos and Small Firms Practicing Criminal Law
Russ Bensing of the Briefcase provides this quick but thorough recap of the Supreme Court’s thirteen criminal law related decisions of the past term, with links to each of the decision. Bensing...
View ArticleSupreme Court Says Lawyers Must Advise Clients of Consequences of Guilty Plea
What sets us lawyers apart from computers or services like LegalZoom is our ability to counsel clients and help them make decisions. Counseling clients is the very essence of what we do as lawyers —...
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What a Niche Law Practice Is (Pot Law)…And What It Is Not
One of my solo-centric colleagues, Susan Cartier-Liebel of Solo Practice University is running a two-part series on niche practice over at her Build a Solo Practice blog, so I didn’t want to send you...
View ArticleThe Defense for Starting A Criminal Law Practice Out of Law School
I’ll admit that I’ve always had mixed feelings on the question of whether to solo straight out of law school. As I explained in this early post, from my perspective, it made sense for new grads with no...
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The Practice Was Perfect
Last Friday, I had the privilege of attending, and presenting a session on niche practice at The Practice, organized by my friend and colleague Brian Tannebaum, this year’s president of the Florida...
View ArticleCDLs Putting Us Other Solos to Shame
For the second year in a row, Scott Greenfield is running a contest for the best criminal law blog post for 2010. Because I’ve been so busy these days, I only read a handful regularly – though I also...
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Is This Really How You Want To Practice Law?
Well, it pays the bills. A solo criminal defense practice that generates over $100,000 in billings. No employees and no need to advertise. There’s just one small detail: you’ll handle 558 cases in a...
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