Friday, December 23, 2005

Drinking, driving, drunks, and mass transit

Drunk driving and mass transit? How are they connected? I'll tell ya!!This is going to be a bit of a rant.Groups like MADD have focused relentlessly on the prosecution of people who drive after consuming alcohol. They push for more punitive sanctions, and for lowering the threshold BAC for arrest.The reality is that driving with a BAC of 0.08 is not much different than driving while talking on a

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Daniel Cady site

Looks like we're getting the Daniel Cady site under way. Bryan D. Ford has transcribed a lot of the letters, and my brother is just starting to get them on a website - one so far. He's using a blog format for it. Great work guys!!

Wednesday, December 7, 2005

Town Court and Traffic Court directory

Just wanted to mention that we're making progress on the directory of town courts that we're developing.

The innocent client

Another reality for criminal defense lawyers. Many of our clients are actually guilty. Once in a while we get a client who's actually innocent.To be clear, some of our clients who tell us they're innocent are not really innocent. This may be a shock, but not all clients tell their lawyers the truth. The smarter clients don't tell us one way or another, and the smarter lawyers don't ask that

Criminal defense lawyers and prosecutors

A question/comment I hear from time to time is this: How can you defend someone you know is guilty?There are a some variations. My favorite is: What if you were defending someone you knew was guilty and you won? How would you feel about that? Answer: I'd feel GREAT!!! It means I did a great job.Now here's how I really respond: Do you ask prosecutors how they can prosecute someone they know is

Monday, December 5, 2005

Struggling with success as a lawyer

Things are going well. I've got tons of speeding ticket cases, along with a decent flow of DWI matters. Icing on the cake is the occasional personal injury case that comes in.Now I have to manage all of that work, while still marketing and all of that. Haven't persuaded my wife to quit her job yet, but we're making progress.Today I may be dropping off some work for a recent law school grad who's

Albany Attorney - more links

Some deeper links to the Albany attorney website:Colonie NY DWI LawyerGuilderland New York Traffic CourtsCoeymans New York Speeding Ticket Attorney

Sunday, December 4, 2005

Albany Attorney sitemap pages

A while ago we developed a dynamic site for the firm, which is focused on the main keyword Albany Attorney. The site has a lot of dynamically generated pages, using location-based keywords to help people who are looking for a lawyer in a specific location in the Albany area.Within the site are sitemap pages, some of which are:Schenectady LawyerSaratoga LawyerThe idea was that these pages would