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Tips on what to do when you’re appointed a Lawyer
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 1, 2024
Here’s what to expect from your defense lawyer in Harris County
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 26, 2023
Lawyer known as expert in Texas parole law
Published: Houston Chronicle / August 18, 2023
Bill Habern, Legendary Texas Defense Attorney, Dies at 84
Published: Houston Chronicle / August 17, 2023
Justice, masked or unmasked: COVID-19 risks bring a new argument to Houston’s courtrooms
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 9, 2020
Houston defense attorneys join George Floyd protest
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 8, 2020
Attorneys Raise Alarm on long lines into Harris County courthouse after Memorial Day.
Published: Houston Chronicle / May 26, 2020
Proposal to Rename Courthouse Shelved
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 30, 2019
HCCLA 10th Annual Declaration Reading
Published: The Defender / Summer 2019
TCDLA to honor Declaration of Independence
Published: Texas Bar Blog / June 28, 2019
Court Appearances
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 19, 2019
Bail Reform
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 27, 2019
Lawyers defend federal Houston judge from apparent DOJ character attack
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 19, 2019
Tornillo
Published: Voice for the Defense / July 2018
The TCDLA 4th of July Readings
Published: Voice for the Defense / July 2018
Russia Aggression
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 18, 2018
Defense Lawyers Read Declaration of Independence in Front of Texas Tent City for Immigrant Children
Published: American Bar Association Journal / July 6, 2018
Harsh Penalty Unlikely for Texas Judge Who Gave Jury Advice from God
Published: Austin American-Statesman / January 25, 2018
Lawyers in Harris County Bail Case Claim Evidence May Have Been Withheld
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 18, 2018
HCCLA’s Reasonable Doubt
Date: December 7, 2017
Sponsored by: Harris County Criminal Lawyer Association
Surviving Hurricane Harvey
Published: Voice for the Defense / October 2017
BBC News: Robert J. Fickman Talking Hurricane Harvey
Date: August 30, 2017
We Are True Patriots
Published: Voice for the Defense / July 2017
Don’t Doubt Your Impact
Published: State Bar Journal / July 2017
HCCLA’s Reasonable Doubt
Date: May 18, 2017
Sponsored by: Harris County Criminal Lawyer Association
Poor Judgment
Published: The Texas Observer / October 12, 2015
Haven’t Memorized Any Phone Numbers? You May Wind Up Stuck in the Harris County Jail
Published: Houston Press / September 30, 2015
HCCLA’s Reasonable Doubt
Date: July 7, 2015
Sponsored by: Harris County Criminal Lawyer Association
Renowned Climbing Guide Dave Hahn Safe After Stranded on Everest
Broadcast: NewsFix / April 27, 2015
Texas Couple To Pay $4M For Medicare/Medicaid Fraud
Published: Law360 / April 25, 2015
Congressman Gene Green Checked Out the USW Picket Lines This Weekend
Published: Houston Press / March 2, 2015
U.S. Latinos and Criminal Justice by Lupe Salinas
© 2015 (pp. 198-199)
Grooming Tomorrow’s Change Agents: The Role of Law Schools in Helping to Create a Just Society
Published: Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law © 2015 (p 481)
The Politics on the Bail Reform System: What’s the Price for Freedom?
Published: The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice / Lydia D. Johnson
Volume 17, Number 2 © 2015 (p. 185)
Harris County: Where the innocent must plead guilty to regain their liberty
Published: Texas Fair Defense Project / November 27, 2013
Jail Time May Be the Least of Ken Anderson’s Problems
Published: Texas Monthly / November 14, 2013 / by Pamela Coloff
T.S.A. Expands Duties Beyond Airport Security
Published: New York Times / August 5, 2013
No Man is an Island
Published: Voice for the Defense / July 20, 2013
Prosecutors need to be held accountable for their actions
Published: Houston Chronicle / March 5, 2013
Send Reciprocal Discovery bill to the trash heap
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 26, 2013
Racism claim against Houston federal judge strongly disputed
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 16, 2013
Harris County Plea Mill Alive and Well
Published: Grits for Breakfast / January 28, 2013
Bail: Reforming Policies to Address Overcrowded Jails, the Impact of Race on Detention, and Community Revival in Harris County, Texas
Published: Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy (Winter 2012)
Volume 7, Issue 1, Article 2
Controversial Judge Fine to step down
Published: Houston Chronicle / August 21, 2012
Houston attorneys pay homage to Declaration of Independence
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 3, 2012
Lawyers Commemorate July 4 Holiday with Courthouse Readings of Declaration of Independence
Published: American Bar Association Journal / July 3, 2012
Metro says it won’t do random bag checks
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 26, 2012
Texas judges’ misdeeds often kept secret by oversight commission
Published: Austin American-Statesman / April 17, 2012
Trio accused in ‘pill mill’ kept jobs despite earlier allegations
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 1, 2011
Doc conspired with clinics on illegal pain pills, feds say
Published: Houston Chronicle / March 30, 2011
Doctors tied to multiple overdoses
Published: Houston Chronicle / March 30, 2011
Mayor reviewing HPD policy on officer-lawyer talks
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 14, 2010
6 accused of stealing $18.6M from postal service
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 22, 2010
A Father’s Fight to Find His Baby
Published: People Magazine / May 17, 2010
Dad’s quest ends with discovery in Italy of baby
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 14, 2010
Crash Reports
Published: Houston Press / February 3, 2010
2 teens get probation in Katy cheerleading hazing case
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 12, 2008
Some prosecutors getting canned before Lykos takes over
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 3, 2008
Katy cheerleaders appear in court on hazing charges
Published: Houston Chronicle / November 26, 2008
Katy area cheerleaders indicted
Broadcast: ABC 13 Eyewitness News / November 19, 2008
Katy cheerleaders could face jail for hazing charges: Morton Ranch cheerleaders indicted in hazing
Published: Houston Chronicle / November 19, 2008
Houston man accused of cooking woman’s body goes to trial
Published: Houston Chronicle / September 29, 2008
Judges closes Houston courtroom as warden testifies
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 11, 2008
Harris County prosecutor gets tough on drunk drivers
Published: Houston Chronicle / May 4, 2008
Lawyer visits are delayed at federal lockup
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 11, 2008
Controversy marked Rosenthal’s career
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 16, 2008
7 years of barbs and bouquets for Rosenthal
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 6, 2008
Legal titans clash in Temple murder trial
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 20, 2007
Jurors prayed, acquitted bus driver of girl’s death
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 8, 2007
Bus driver cleared in Pasadena girl’s death
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 7, 2007
Jury sequestered in ex-bus driver’s trial
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 7, 2007
NOT GUILTY
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 7, 2007
Cook deemed ‘not guilty’
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 6, 2007
Jury in trial of bus driver to resume deliberating Thursday
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 6, 2007
Defense witness rebuts account of fatal bus accident
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 5, 2007
Jury won’t see ‘grotesque’ photos of girl hit by bus
Published: Houston Chronicle / June 2, 2007
Defense challenges witnesses in bus crash trial
Published: Houston Chronicle / May 31, 2007
Experts on deck in ex-bus driver’s manslaughter trial
Published: Houston Chronicle / May 29, 2007
Accused stands trial today for manslaughter charges
Published: Houston Chronicle / May 29, 2007
Key witness in Texas smuggling case released
Published: Houston Chronicle / May 22, 2007
Two new charges for Baytown rape suspect
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 15, 2007
Baytown rape suspect charged in two robberies
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 14, 2007
Wrap-up: A display of court unity
Published: Houston Chronicle / January 13, 2007
Not all agree new Texas jails needed
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 11, 2006
Witness says truck driver ignored immigrants’ pleas
Published: Houston Chronicle / November 4, 2006
DA’s office honors prosecutor who died of heart attack
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 13, 2006
Judge removed from trial of teenager in drug case
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 4, 2006
Ruling casts doubt on sentencing guidelines
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 19, 2004
Prep key for Skilling before taking the stand
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 5, 2006
Metro driver involved in fatal accident fired
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 3, 2006
School bus driver faces manslaughter charges
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 7, 2005
Senator to help accused murderer
Published: Houston Chronicle / December 2, 2005
Murder charge in road death ‘unusual’
Published: Houston Chronicle /. November 20, 2005
Trial gets under way for former bus driver
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 21, 2004
School bus driver who hit girl up for murder
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 11, 2005
Court’s handling of sentencing rules may quell turmoil
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 5, 2005
New rules on cold remedies won’t vanquish meth
Published: Houston Chronicle / August 2, 2005
State’s first public defender quits after 30 years
Published: Houston Chronicle / August 31, 2004
Two plea bargains in human-smuggling case
Published: Houston Chronicle / April 13, 2004
Former Metro driver indicted in death of pedestrian
Published: Houston Chronicle / February 12, 2004
Government to be selective in death cases vs. immigrant smugglers
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 1, 2003
Ex-policeman says abduction betrayed trust
Published: Houston Chronicle / March 29, 2003
HPD veteran pleads guilty in abduction
Published: Houston Chronicle / March 26, 2003
Doctor collected millions in false care claims
Published: Houston Chronicle / October 15, 2002
Bond set for officer and girlfriend accused in kidnapping
Published: Houston Chronicle / July 1, 2002
Insider
Published: Houston Press / September 30, 1999
The Case for Castration (opposed)
Published: Texas Monthly / May 1992
Friends-
The reading of the Declaration means different things to different people. I can only tell you what it means to me.
For me, When we read the Declaration of Independence, we declare that we continue to stand united against …
Fifteen years ago, I organized a group of fellow Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) members, and we defiantly read the Declaration of Independence at the courthouse. We sought no permission. We stood with our backs to the courthouse. We …
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According to today’s Houston Chronicle, a man from Milwaukee spent 47 days in jail because of a case of mistaken identity. To be fair, the mistaken identity issue is hard to follow. Still, our criminal justice system failed …