The government is going to give you a name. This name will be revealed by the government only to you, and you will have to use it in your dealings with the government. Wrongdoers will, if they know your real name (slave name, strawman name, all-caps gold-fringe UCC admiralty wingnut name, whatever you call it) and learn your secret name, have a measure of power over you—they'll

James J. McCarthy, IV, "Senior Account Executive of Business Development" at eLocallisting.com, comments on my Yodle Lawyer Marketing Sucks post:Although yodle should not have put a picture on their micro site that would put their client at risk, if I am not mistaken, are you not paying for leads from people searching for your services. Who cares where it came from as long as it brings you

I like the idea of a public defender's office, but the idea of Commissioners' Court, Harris County's executive board, controlling, through the power of the purse, the defense function is little more appealing than the current ad hoc system of appointment of indigent counsel by elected judges. One saving grace of a PD would be that a single lawyer could set policy for a large group of

Really, how can you go wrong with a marketing company named after a hanged Nazi war criminal?

After I wrote this post about Yodle, in which I wrote:Yodle sucks because, aside from cold-calling NACDL members claiming that organization's imprimatur  (which it does not have), it sells lawyers cookie-cutter websites.I got an email from Kara Silverman at Yodle. In part:I am happy to post a response on your blog, but I was also hoping to have a conversation with you regarding several of the points

Rique Bobbitt has “a stellar record as defense attorney” and passing familiarity with indefinite articles. So do Clark Adams and Edward Reddish. Richard Coleman has “a stellar record as personal injury attorney” and the same articulate deficit.McNair Hawn Jackson have “a stellar record as elder and disability attorneys.” Dearfield, Kruer and Co., LLC have “a stellar record as bankruptcy attorney” but a weak grasp of number.Richard Darden

Yodle sucks. Yodle sucks because, aside from cold-calling NACDL members claiming that organization’s imprimatur  (which it does not have), it sells lawyers cookie-cutter websites. And not very good cookie-cutter websites, either: There are a couple of things, other than their interchangeability, that I found interesting about these Yodle sites.

We are social animals. Where we fit into the pack is important to us. We are biologically programmed to seek standing in our pack. Like other social animals, we evolved ways of negotiating that standing. As we became civilized and our packs grew too large for one alpha to manage harmoniously, we developed ways to form alliances to maintain order: when one member of the pack became

A guy contacted me recently looking for representation on a state-court felony matter. "It's a really easy case," he said, "which any moron could win."*Here are the four possible conditions when a potential new client says "it's a really easy case":Case is difficult.Case is easy.PNC believes case is easy.ABPNC believes case is difficult.CDThe worst-case scenario, if the lawyer takes the case, is (A), in which the client

If you are in Harris County and you haven't voted yet, please go vote for Loren Jackson for District Clerk. I'd rather you didn't vote straight-ticket anything, but if you feel compelled, out of some ovine instinct, to vote straight-ticket Republican, please cast one vote against the straight ticket and for Jackson. Friday 10/29 is the last day of early voting.