June 30, 2010
In 28 years of practicing criminal law, I have handled over 125 jury trials as both a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. In those roles, I have learned that one of the most important misconceptions I have had to dispel is that almost nothing of what is depicted in film or television courtroom [...]
June 29, 2010
When meeting with clients who have been injured, whether in auto accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice or other cases, this is usually one of the first questions I am asked. While I certainly understand my clients’ interest in the value of their claim, my usual response is that much more investigation will need [...]
June 28, 2010
In my 28 years of practicing criminal law, first as a prosecutor and now as a criminal defense attorney, I have handled many hundreds of DUI cases. Approximately 30 of those cases have culminated in a jury trial. As a result of that experience, I have been asked numerous times about what happens at [...]
June 22, 2010
Well, the business friendly legislature in Tallahassee has struck again. First they imposed restrictions on Worker’s Compensation claimants which basically drove claimants’ attorneys out of business and now they have enacted legislation which makes slip and fall injury cases nearly impossible to prove – as if Publix and other merchants needed any more advantages [...]
June 22, 2010
While scanning the letters to the editor recently in the St Petersburg Times, I came upon a letter which was highly critical of the fact that the local police had notified the public in advance of the location and times they were planning on setting up a DUI checkpoint to apprehend drunk drivers. [...]
June 7, 2010
I guess it was inevitable that the specter of the Federal government would cast its shadow upon settlement agreements between plaintiffs and private insurers, especially in these days of the perceived health care “crisis” and ever expanding Federal entitlement programs. Since the 1980′s, Medicare has been considered a “secondary” payer, meaning that all [...]
June 4, 2010
On June 1,2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of Warden v. Thompson, case no. 08-1470, which, in a 5-4 decision, stated that in order for a suspect to assert his right to remain silent and right to counsel, he must “unambiguously” invoke those rights prior to,or during police interrogation. [...]
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