Top Four Shocking Celebrity Trials

Did they get justice or did they get away with it? We cannot hope to resolve these questions here, but we can take a few moments to remember some head-scratching (or worse) cases. We can also offer a little insight that may make these events clearer, at least from a criminal law ...

Two Lessons to Learn from Lou Diamond Phillips

| Oct 14, 2018 |

Every year, peace officers arrest hundreds of thousands of Texans for DWI. But only a few of them are 1980s icons or stars on Netflix TV shows. Following a November 2017 arrest, actor and Corpus Christi native Lou Diamond Phillips pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DWI in San Patrici...

What is the ‘Nerd Defense’?

One of my colleagues once recalled a case that went bad from the start because the jury got the wrong impression of his client. My friend carefully instructed his client to remain engaged during the long jury selection process. He suggested that the young man doodle on a notepad ...