You're suing for how much????!!!!

People often get excited about the amount asked for in a lawsuit. In our recent suit against the Rensselaer District Attorney we asked for $52,000,000 (52 million dollars). This reminds me of when Dr. Evil threatened to destroy the world unless world leaders gave him ONE MILLION DOLLARS (which he quickly corrected after being prompted).Some people have told me that $52 million is too high. This

Extradition

Recent events prompted me to reread the standards for extradition. It has been suggested by some that the District Attorney's role in such matters is limited.To clarify on this point, below are excerpts from the text of Section 570.54 of New York's Criminal Procedure Law. I've added boldface for emphasis.1. When the return to this state of a person charged with crime in this state is required,

Prosecutorial Misconduct -- The Complaint

The Complaint in the case against the Rensselaer DA is posted below. See my Stop Wasting Money campaign blog for more details.UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK__________________________________________________JEREMY PHILLIPS and KELLY CHADWICK, individuallyAnd as parent and natural guardian of COURTNEY PHILLIPS and SHELBY PHILLIPS, Plaintiffs, v.

Moments of stress

It's not all fun, games, and dancing in the fields.I'm starting a DWI trial tomorrow - should be a short one, but still that gets stressful. A few days ago I was contacted by a prospective zoning client. I was retained on Saturday (yesterday as I write) and upon review decided we need to act right away to get papers filed to seek a temporary restraining order. But I'm on trial Monday so I've

Attorney websites and ethics

Back in July I did a post about the proposed rules for Attorney Advertising and how they affect the web. I did another post about it these ethical issues in attorney advertising in June.So I was reading an e-mail today and noticed a sponsored link for New Jersey Traffic Tickets - the website is www -dot- NewJerseyTrafficTickets -dot- us. I use the -dot- instead of . to prevent them from getting

Grand Jury and the "No Bill" or "No True Bill"

Some time ago I did a post about a specific case I'm handling. This is a case where I was very upset by the behavior of the prosecutors.I have very good news on this case. It was submitted to Grand Jury in the last couple of weeks. The Grand Jury returned what's known as a "No Bill" or "No True Bill". For those more interested in what that means in detail, I found a good article about Grand Jury