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Remembering Jeff Blackburn
Published: The Defender / 2023, Vol 1

Letter to the Editor: Remembering Jeff Blackburn: Texas attorney who exonerated dozens, exposed Tulia drug bust
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 17, 2023

Opinion: Harris County’s criminal justice system is truly criminal
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 23, 2022

Opinion: Houston law enforcement did what Uvalde police failed to do
Published: Houston Chronicle / September 15, 2022

Letter to the Editor: Gun laws
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 21, 2022

Letter to the Editor: Honoring the fallen
Published: Houston Chronicle / September 15, 2021

Opinion: Many Texas judges acting inhumanely  
Published: Voice for the Defense / May 13, 2020

Minimal Standard  
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 1, 2019

Crossing the Rubicon: History of HCCLA Judicial Misconduct Complaints
Published: The Defender / Fall 2019

Judges and justice  
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 23, 2019

Thank You to Our Organizers for State Declaration Readings  
Published: Voice for The Defense / July 2019

Just Do The Right Thing
Published: The Defender / Spring 2019

2019 Judicial Suggestions
Published: The Defender / Spring 2019

Court appearances  
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 19, 2019

Remembering Racehorse: A Tribute to Richard “Racehorse” Haynes  
Published: The Defender / Spring 2018

No Excuses  
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 28, 2018

Bail Bonds  
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 9, 2017

Thank you to All Declaration Reading Local Leaders  
Published: Voice for the Defense / July 25, 2017

A Tough Sell  
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 28, 2016

Harris County: Your Self-Praise Stinks  
Published: Reasonable Doubt / April 22, 2016

Jury Determines the Victim  
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 12, 2016

Coercion and Indigence  
Published: Reasonable Doubt / October 7, 2015

Deadly Force and HPD  
Published: Houston Chronicle / August 21, 2015

Effect Change  
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 14, 2015

Harris County Texas: Where the Innocent Must Plead Guilty to Regain Their Liberty  
Published: Fickmanlaw Blog / November 26, 2013

Press Forward  
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 28, 2013

We Must Change Harris County’s Shameful Appointment System Now  
Published: Fickmanlaw Blog / January 24, 2013

Stop the Prosecutorial Misconduct  
Published: The Houston Chronicle / December 31, 2011

Clogging the Courts  
Published: The Houston Chronicle / December 13, 2011

Prosecutors and liberty  
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 21, 2011

Reading the Declaration of Independence  
Published: Voice for the Defense / July/August 2011

The Blame Game  
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 14, 2011

Clearly Disguised  
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 10, 2011

Police act caught on video: Linked to past  
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 10, 2011

The death penalty-debate: Looking Forward  
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 9, 2011

Robb Fickman’s Judicial Christmas Wish List  
Published: The Defender / Winter 2010

Attacks on Fine are unfair  
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 25, 2010

Judges Must Act to End Jail Overflow  
Published: Houston Chronicle Outlook / August 9, 2009

Pretrial Release Bonds: One Way to Put the Harris County Plea Mill Out of Business  
Published: The Defender / Spring 2009

Robb Fickman’s Judicial Christmas Wish List
Sent to all Harris County Judges on November 29, 2008

Thoughtless Justice  
Published: Houston Chronicle / September 19, 2008

Using an Expert in an Accident Case
Published: The Defender / Fall 2007

Vital public access channel  
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 30, 2007

In Defense of Atticus Finch  
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 10, 2007

Message from the President regarding Dedication of the United States Constitution  
Published: The Defender / Spring 2007

Message from the President regarding Jail Overcrowding  
Published: The Defender / Winter 2006

Message from President regarding the War on the Constitution  
Published: The Defender / Fall 2006

Message from the President regarding Problems with Criminal Justice System in Harris County
Published: The Defender / Summer 2006