Defending People
This blawg is about the art and science of criminal defense trial lawyering. Rather than using his blog to shake his fist at injustice everywhere, Mark Bennett focuses on how lawyers can make their own justice in the courtroom. He shares his philosophies through analogies and anecdotes from his Houston criminal defense practice.
Author: Mark Bennett is a Houston criminal defense lawyer.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Criminal Justice • Prosecutors • Trials & Litigation • States • Texas • Blawg 100 • Private Defense
Recent Posts from Defending People
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Everything Old is New Again
Austin criminal defense lawyer Jamie Spencer talked to a parent whose son’s DWI lawyer promised, at the first meeting, a 99% chance of getting the case dismissed. I guess that’s a problem we should expect…
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New Blog on the Blogroll
Law and Baseball, by criminal defense lawyer Johnny Gardner, from Bobby Frederick’s stomping grounds of Horry County, South Carolina. Copyright © 2009 Mark Bennett. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of…
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Lessons in Media Relations and Blogging, from Tyler Flood [Updated, and Again]
Tyler Flood (one of the smartest lawyers Tyler Flood has ever met!) says of his recent debacle in the Houston Press: During the course of this process I praised so many of my colleagues and…
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How to Choose a Criminal Defense Lawyer
I’ve been asked to write about how to choose a criminal defense lawyer. Disclaimer: What I write here, I write not with the intention of making myself more presentable to clients, but only of telling…
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Disbar the Connecticut 5
No, not really. I don’t care whether they get disbarred or let off. A lawyer can’t pay a nonlawyer for a referral. This is an uncontroversial proposition. In Connecticut, paying a nonlawyer for a referral…
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Tyler Flood: The Drunk Driver’s Lawyer?
Houston DWI lawyer Tyler Flood on DWI cases, from the Houston Press article (yes, it’s like crack): “Listen, most of the people we get off are intoxicated. But that’s the justice system,” he says. “I’ve…
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Tyler Flood Can’t Help Himself
From the Houston Press article on Houston DWI lawyer Tyler Flood: On all of his sites, Flood’s biography starts with his No. 4 class rank in law school. It doesn’t mention that he graduated during…
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Andy Nolen, Move Over!
From a Houston Press article about Houston DWI lawyer Tyler Flood: Flood pays someone to keep up his Google search rankings. . . . He has reviewed himself on Yahoo (five out of five stars):…
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Schmomises
As I understand it, the Harris County Commissioners Court has started approving all DA Office hires by name. So if Pat Lykos wants to hire Joan Schmo to be a Misdemeanor 4, she has to…
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Criminal Practice: The Treadmill
I charge bigger fees . . . so I can take fewer cases . . . so I can give each case more attention . . . so I can get better results . .…