Defending People

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Couch Fees in Texas

Mark Bennett | October 26, 2009

Rule 1.13. Prohibited Sexual Relations [new, renumbered](a) A lawyer shall not condition the representation of a client or prospective client, or the quality of such representation, on having any person engage in sexual relations with the lawyer.(b) A lawyer shall not solicit or accept sexual relations as payment of fees.(c) A lawyer shall not have [...]

Beverly Hills 78701

Mark Bennett | July 17, 2009

A must-read, especially for people think that baby prosecutors are magically endowed with wisdom to make decisions affecting other people’s futures: the new blogger on the Harris County criminal law block, Life after Esq., is reporting from “baby prosecutors school” in Austin.
With plenty of breathless prose about partying, and palpable sexual tension between Ms. Esq. [...]

The Miami Motion to Substitute

Mark Bennett | July 8, 2008

Miami criminal defense lawyer David Markus blogs about a fight between criminal defense lawyers on the steps of the jail (H/T Arkansas criminal defense lawyer John Wesley Hall’s Law of Criminal Defense).
I think that might be a natural extension of lawyers treating clients as property.
(I wonder if I could take Ollie in a fight.)