19.Jan.2012 NOLA Criminal Law Cycles On
For the second year running, NOLA Criminal Law is sponsoring the Hub Elite Cycling Team. The team, based in Athens, GA competes in elite level cycling events throughout the southeast. NOLA Criminal Law is proud to support and promote the sport of cycling, as well as to advocate for safe and responsible recreational/commuter cycling in [...]
09.Jan.2012 Different Kinds of Murder
Not all murders are the same. And the difference can often be found in the character of the victim. As the New Orleans murder rate cycles from epidemic to pandemic, Superintendent Ronal Serpas is trying to remind average, law-abiding citizens that their risk of getting murdered is very slim. He has made the decision to [...]
19.Dec.2011 A Primer for Holiday Drinking & Driving
Holiday parties are coming on strong now.. I thought it would be helpful to put out there my own sort of P.S.A. about drinking and driving this holiday season. The wisest thing we can all do is abstain when we know we have to operate a vehicle. Everyone knows the slogan: “Don’t Drink and Drive.” [...]
17.Nov.2011 French Quarter Graffiti — er, Crime Fighters
I’ve written recently about the NOPD program for preventing future felonies by cracking down on misdemeanors. The theory behind it is that a small percentage of the population is responsible for the majority of the crime and just diverting a few young people from pursuing this lifestyle can make a big difference in future crime [...]
03.Nov.2011 NOLA Mental Health Advocate Stepping Down
The New Orleans Police Department Crisis Unit is losing an important asset. Cecile Tebo, who has spent the last seven years working for the unit battling the city’s mental health crisis with little funding and only a small group of volunteers at her disposal, is stepping down. Who will now handle the nearly 300 calls [...]
25.Oct.2011 The Dollar Bill Lies
Every Federal Reserve note claims, “This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private.” But who are you going to believe, a blend of cotton and linen, or the Louisiana House of Representatives? The House has identified the enemy, and it is cash. To save us all from this horror they’ve taken the [...]
20.Oct.2011 Fund me!?! Fund you!
The Times Picayune recently reported on a battle that pits the Public Defender’s Office in New Orleans against the private criminal bar. At the root of the dispute is what the Public Defender’s call “zealous” representation of indigent defendants. Representatives of the New Orleans Criminal Defense Bar Association call it client poaching. The state legislature [...]
11.Oct.2011 The Case of the Blinking Headlights
Erich Campbell flashed his headlights to warn an oncoming motorist of a speed trap and ignited a constitutional storm. He is now at the center of a legal debate to have flashing headlights recognized as protected speech. Campbell was ticketed by the Florida Highway Patrol for improperly flashing his lights to warn other motorists of [...]
22.Sep.2011 Mayor Leads Expedition Up… A Crime Summit
On Saturday, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told an audience of nearly 2,000 activists, students, officials and relatives of murdered children that over a six month period last year, “a student at John McDonogh was more likely to be killed than a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.” Over that period, five teenagers, all John McDonogh students, [...]
08.Aug.2011 Let Them Eat Drugs
I’ve written several times about the advances our judicial system has made in its attitudes and approach. However a recent article has left me scrambling to put a positive spin on the prevailing method for dealing with juvenile offenders, but here goes: fifty years ago we’d have them in leather restraints, whereas today we simply [...]
I am a New Orleans Criminal defense lawyer, and the managing attorney of NOLA Criminal Law. I am a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, with over 17 years of experience as a criminal defense attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana. Please visit my website for more.
