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Deterrence, Retribution or Rehabilitation?

Jamie Spencer
June 15, 2009 01:41

From the New York Times: On Monday, Judge Ricardo M. Urbina of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, sentenced a former senior pharmaceutical executive to write a book. Earlier this year the executive had pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the federal government...

A Good Lawyer Is A (Very Very) Busy Lawyer

Jamie Spencer
May 28, 2009 08:55

Starting with a little free market theory, let’s assume that he who builds the best mousetrap will eventually dominate the mousetrap industry. (I don’t insist that this is so; just throwing it out there to start the post.) It follows therefore, that in the service industry, the better...

Sign Of The Times: iCop, iLawyer, iJudge

February 08, 2010 16:47

From a recent PC affidavit: …The tin contained four marijuana roaches and 6 small round pills with 2530 on one side and the letter v on the other. [Jamie’s client] said that the pills were Klonopin. I asked [Jamie’s client] if she had a prescription for Klonopin and she said she...

A 1:1 Ratio For Crack/Powder Cocaine?

Jamie Spencer
April 29, 2009 23:19

Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration Wednesday asked Congress to end the disparity in penalties for use of crack- and powder-cocaine crimes, a stance sure to bring on contentious debate from the law-enforcement community. "The Administration believes Congress's goal should be to...

De Facto Legalization of Prostitution?

Jamie Spencer
June 10, 2009 08:34

Mike, of Crime and Federalism, reads an article about sex trafficking, “San Francisco Is A Major Center For International Crime Networks That Smuggle And Enslave”, and proclaims: I'd always said, gee, of course prostitution should be legal. I'm changing my mind. San Francisco has de...

Strip Searches for Students, the Short Version

Jamie Spencer
April 23, 2009 07:25

Sometimes a journalist manages to put everything you need to know about a subject in the first sentence of his report. From Adam Liptak’s article “Court Debates Strip Search of Student”: The United States Supreme Court spent an hour on Tuesday debating what middle school students...

I'll Dismiss Yours If You Dismiss Mine: Innovative Negotiating Tactics

Jamie Spencer
August 06, 2009 09:34

This excerpt from the ABA Journal speaks for itself, so I’ll just file it in the “don’t try this at home” category, and move on: A lawyer says his letter threatening to reveal a prosecutor’s alleged car registration violation was intended as a joke, but Gage County...

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My Unquestionable Talent

February 21, 2010 17:05

Greenfield takes another leadership/life/law expert to task in “Client Service, And All That Guff”. The title is a reference to our expert letting it slip that what the client wants/expects out of his attorney is in fact “meaningless client service guff”. I clicked through...

Farm Aid V, 1992

February 19, 2010 07:50

Very soon Texas Stadium will be imploded; but 18 years ago, a twenty-something kid enjoyed Farm Aid 5 and its seven hour marathon of non stop live music. The bands included such nationally lesser-knowns as Austin’s own Asleep at the Wheel, Kinky Friedman, and The Geezinslaws (think Sammy...

Recent Searches

February 10, 2010 05:31

In bold, the search terms that Google Analytics tracked to my site: Sect of liars – I belong to several different criminal defense lawyer associations, so it seems appropriate for me to rank highly for this term. Bong hits for Satan – Turns out my wife was right. Released from prison...