Tales from the Trenches
DO YOU WANT YOUR ATTORNEY GAGGED?
Blog - Tales from the trenchesSHOULD YOUR LAWYER BE GAGGED?An Indianapolis lawyer indicates that he is facing a disciplinary proceeding for, among other things, something he said about a judge in a private email. If he's right, the implications may be of concern to everyone.
Paul…
Sex and Attorney Disbarment
Blog - Tales from the trenchesHELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A LAWYER/AUTHOR SCORNED
Well, maybe the disciplinary commission...
An Indiana lawyer became a former lawyer by writing a tell-all book about a former client. Joseph Stork Smith was disbarred last week for, among other…
Don't Slap the Lawyer in the Courtroom
Blog - Tales from the trenchesI have joined the ranks of Americans who blog, reducing our nation's number of nonbloggers to double digits.
[slogan align=]"The law is a ass"
-- Mr. Bumble in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist[/slogan]
Whether or not the law is an ass, its…
Why Was A Convicted Throat-Slasher On The Loose?
Blog - Tales from the trenchesWHY WAS A CONVICTED THROAT-SLASHER RELEASED FROM PRISON EARLY?On September 26, 2005 Travis Marlett, then a student at Muncie Central High School, attacked a fellow student with a knife, slashing her throat. Fourteen months later, he was sentenced…
Does This T-Shirt Make My Odds of Frying Look Big?
Blog - Tales from the trenches“And God said: 'Let there be Satan, so people don't blame everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people don't blame everything on Satan.'” -- George Burns
DOES THIS SHIRT MAKE MY ODDS OF FRYING LOOK BIG?
In Ohio this past spring…