Aggressively Defending My Clients Since 1990
Imagine you are going to see an old high school friend you have not seen in ages. You drive across a few states and are in a strange town. Arriving later in the evening, you have to circle back a few times and turn around because you make some wrong turns. You are...
Today courts are carving away our Fourth Amendment Rights in the name of protecting law enforcement. For instance, many people are stopped by the police in public and immediately patted down by police with the explanation that the pat down was necessary for the...
I litigated a police shooting case in a northern Wisconsin county. My client was African American, the officer involved was Caucasian. I believed there was a strong racial quality involved in the case. I was also aware that most of the potential jurors were going to...
“A six-pack of beer and boating go together like a peanut butter and jelly.” John Fetterman, law enforcement director with the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators explained. “There are still a lot of people that think that’s just the way it is.”...
A few years back, Sen. John Kennedy, (R-La.), had announced plans to introduce legislation that would ban anonymous internet posts. Specifically, he said social media companies should have to verify the legal identities of every user because this would “cause a lot of...
At times individuals in the criminal system make some unwarranted assumptions about the availability of drug rehabilitation in Wisconsin. HERE ARE THE FACTS. Wisconsin ranks 19th in cheapest to most expensive state for residential drug rehabilitation treatment. Utah...
Robert Hur. Jack Smith. Two prosecutor’s names that two years ago you likely would not have recognized. Today, their names are part of the current public dialogue about President Biden and Donald Trump. They are prosecutors in cases involving politics. Should politics...
"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty,...
This morning at 3 AM I received a frantic phone call stating, “You gotta help me man…the cops are pounding on my door….what should I do?”If you are ever in this situation, here is what I suggest you do. BE CALM. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, DO NOT ARGUE OR BE A SMART ASS WITH THE COPS. While some cops are…
Like many other Americans, judges believe. based on public statements from certain politicians, that crime is up in their community. This judges and the public believe violent crime has spiked. We all saw the campaign rhetoric during midterms, along with often misleading ads to justify harsh sentences or cries for bail reform. In reality, national crime data is not reliable…