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Transcending annoyances today because they will recur – Virginia lawyer
Virginia criminal lawyer on transcending pests, pain, and obstacles. Transcending annoyances is a key part of criminal defense. As a Virginia criminal lawyer, I know that now is the time to reach that transcendence, lest I get caught treading water and getting nowhere in a...
Battling Successfully Via Teamwork – Virginia Criminal Lawyer
Virginia criminal lawyer on battling successfully via teamwork Battling successfully through teamwork is a key part of my work as a Virginia criminal lawyer. This is the second instalment of a two-part series on this topic; part one is here. Fairfax criminal attorney on the...
Police patience & de-escalation – Witnessed by Fairfax criminal lawyer
Fairfax criminal lawyer urges good police and judicial conduct to be contagions for a better criminal justice system. Police patience and de-escalation are sorely needed in our overpoliced society where I have witnessed a police officer yelling his head off at a driver who had...
Death row inmates’ champion Steve Bright always inspires me
In 1991, I was still yearning to re-direct my career from the 25-lawyer corporate law firm that I had joined two years later, to something more meaningful. Ever since finishing law school, I went out of my way to meet birds of a professional and...
William Melendez’s dashcamera beating of an African-American man is another reason to strengthen the right to tape police
I was about to say how much former officer Melendez's brutality against Floyd Dent -- compounded by the other numerous assembled cops acting as a united front with Melendez rather than stepping up against his brutality -- shows how so much in this world is...
Dealing with Difficult Prosecutors, Judges & Opposing Witnesses on their Place on their Roller Coaster
I will inject powerful fun into my battles, but also assure that in the courtroom battlefield, compassion will never make me hesitate to pull the proverbial trigger in my fight to harmonize my clients' disharmonious plights.
Each adversary and judge are potential hurdles and allies, battle powerfully and calmly
Each adversary and judge are potential hurdles and allies. This concept was underlined when an opposing civil lawyer for whom I was not initially fond at the beginning eighteen years ago, ended up showing his better side when we jointly collaborated in representing a mutual...
Whether & When a Criminal Defense Lawyer Should Show His or Her Hand & Power
An excellent civil trial lawyer in Chicago prefers to downplay his abilities pretrial so that the opponent will not be prepared for the tidal wave of power that the lawyer will bring to the courtroom. He is not alone. My general approach is not to...
The illusion of “I want to get it over with” / Giving clients the confidence to be more patient than that
When someone says “I want to get it over with,” is the person doing nothing but merely chasing after an illusion? Let us consider the ultimate effort to get it over with: suicide. My spiritual guru and friend Jun Yasuda told me that one day a...