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At NoVa NORML – Discussing Police, Weed and You – Your Liberty in the Balance
It always is all the more an honor when a NORML chapter invites me to speak at one of their gatherings. My most recent such speaking engagement was at the Northern Virginia NORML's August 9 meeting in Arlington, Virginia. There, my talk on marijuana reform...
How to persuade a hard-line judge or jury to see the case on its own merits
It can be scary for a criminal defense lawyer to place the fate of his or her client in the hands of the judge and jury. However, the effective criminal defense lawyer does not simply hand the defendant to the jury.
The lawyer is there for the client to lean on, not vice versa
If a person wants to see people stripped of their happy-face/can-do armor and stiff upper lip, practice criminal defense. If my criminal defense client was not already in a personal mess of sorts that led to his or her arrest (remembering that innocent people get...
Persuasion through seed planting and seed watering
A criminal defense lawyer has a choice between wowing a client with oratory and panache, or delivering results in a more subtle way. Results are always more important than oratory and panache, although sometimes all can be accomplished at once. When the client has faith...
Listen to your gut if you sense danger and to your nose if you smell toxicity
When I point out the importance of maintaining no anger against, no paranoia with, arms-length distance to, compassion for, and non-duality with our opponents, that does not mean to avoid our common sense against playing with fire, turning our backs on someone who will try...
Three police officers shot in Prince William County, one fatally
Prince William County, Virginia, police officer Ashley Guindon was slain when responding to a domestic violence call,
Here are the court documents behind Apple’s refusal to become an FBI terrorism-fighting arm
Rather than my amplifying opinions that already have been stated about the court order for Apple to help the FBI with a backdoor around its iPhone security protection, I provide the following additional thoughts and court documents.
Police shortcuts and police willful ignorance contribute to reasonable doubt
When police fall short of their obligations, their failures must not be shifted towards and into the victimization of criminal suspects and criminal defendants. To do otherwise will turn the Bill of Rights into more of a farce than they already have been turned into...
Owning the Courtroom and World Stage Through Vibrating Highly
When fully prepared for the day's curveballs, merely annoying or otherwise offensive words are more likely to roll off my back like water off a duck's back. High vibration and high energy diminishes low energy, at least in perception, and such perception is critical. When...
Clearing the distractions to success – Effectively standing up for what is right without being merely reactive
A key to personal and professional success is to start by looking inward. Yes, we must engage with the reality and world around us. Yes ,we must help others as well as ourselves, and not just ourselves. To engage and help others and ourselves the...