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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
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