16.Aug.2010 Going “Stewardess”: The Case Against Steven Slater
The story of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater has garnered quite a bit of attention in the last week. And rightly so. The guy snapped, cursed out a surly passenger, deployed the emergency slide, grabbed a cold one and slid of the plane onto the JFK airport tarmac. Come on…that’s awesome! The 80′s gave us the [...]
28.Jun.2010 Arrests for Minor Offenses a Drain on NOPD – and YOU
If you spend much time (like I do) looking at the types of offenses most people are arrested and taken to Orleans Parish Prison for on an average night, you will notice one thing above all others – most of them probably shouldn’t be in jail.
06.May.2010 NOLA Criminal Law at IgniteNOLA, February 1, 2010
IgniteNOLA is part of the Ignite Series which started in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. The objective is for innovators to share their ideas with one another. The tag line: “Enlighten Us, But Make It Quick”. Speakers from around the community talk about what they’re most passionate about. The topic can be about [...]
29.Apr.2010 The Day the Music Died: Getting Arrested at Jazz Fest
So, I guess the title of this post is a little misleading. Not because this isn’t about getting arrested at Jazz Fest – it is – but because many people who get arrested around this time of the year don’t get arrested at the fest, they get arrested on their way to or from the [...]
26.Apr.2010 The Truth About Treme, Part I
Watching Treme on HBO, like everyone here in New Orleans, I am prone to look for what is true New Orleans, and what is not. And being a criminal defense attorney (and one who was back working during the fall of 2005) I tend to be more critical of those parts of the show portraying the criminal justice system…and there are many. So I am going to throw my hat in the ring with the many Treme critics, but only insofar as my thoughts on the accuracy of the show’s depiction of crime and criminal justice after the storm.
25.Apr.2010 At least someone thinks I know what I’m doing
Well, I didn’t make the 2009 list of top lawyers in New Orleans, but it looks like someone thinks I know what I am doing. I include an excerpt from the blog post I just discovered, written by Ernie Svenson, below: “I will tell you one lawyer that got left off the list (as far [...]
01.Mar.2010 NOLA Criminal Law on LaunchPad TV
Episode 38, Launch Pad TV, February 26, 2010
I discuss my approach to criminal defense for students and professionals with Chris and Ben from Launch Pad TV.
I am a New Orleans Criminal defense lawyer. I am a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, with over 15 years of experience as a criminal defense attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana.
