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Update#2 : A wonderful comment from Judge Fernandez: A few months ago, I had the almost pleasure of presiding over a trial where Mr. Carha...

It's a three day weekend, and change is on our mind.  There used to be no security checks at the courthouse. You could walk right in. ...

A Las Vegas Judge ordered an assistant Public Defender handcuffed and placed in the box. The story is here.  Zohra Bakhtary, a deputy pub...

RORY STEIN UPDATE BELOW  The relentless march of time and loss of legal talent continued this past week as PDs young and old, new and griz...

Judge Gil Freeman had a retirement party this week. There was food, fun, frivolity, friendship and a good time had by all.  Judge Freeman ...

In what seems like a no-brainer, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a defendant's pre-miranda, pre-arrest silence CANNOT be used a...

JUDGE ROBERT NEWMAN HAS PASSED AWAY ..... Sorry we missed this obit last week. I appeared before Judge Newman often and he was always polite...

Sunday NY Times:  Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women In Private: Donald Trump and women: The words evoke a familiar ...

The LOP conducted a Judicial Forum this week and spent several hours questioning the candidates. The only candidate that did not show u...

Some weeks are busy, some are slow. Let's recap the last week or so.  El Chapo Cafe: Open. Food? Bad.  Judge Sayfie has opposition.....

Judge Milton Hirsch, fresh off a well deserved re-election, declared Florida's Death Penalty Statute (Motto: " Send em all to death...

Mark Twain wrote: "You should never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel" And we will update those wise words by...

WE HAVE A NEW FAN!!!! We received this email today: Daniel A. Espinosa, Esq.   < despinosa@espinosalawgroup.com > 7:5...