My son is in jail. What next?

I’ve had a few phone calls on the weekends from panic stricken mothers. You can hear the fear in their voices. Some are about to burst into tears. Before they even start to tell me what happened, I can guess that someone got arrested. I always ask for the person’s name and relationship to the

Why I picked Criminal Defense

Here’s a question that I get asked on a regular basis from people I meet, clients, and other lawyers. It usually goes something like this… “So I have a question for you. What made you get into criminal law?” Most of the time it’s followed up with “I could never do it” or “I find

Kung Fu Saloon Assault

As a change of pace I thought I might focus on a local current events story… On November 16, 2014 a bar employee at Kung Fu Saloon in downtown Austin, Texas was charged with Aggravated Assault – a second degree felony. The Kung Fu Saloon is well known as a bar and arcade in downtown