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The ACS Blog Talks With A Public Defender About What Arguing A Case In The Supreme Court Felt Like

Shon R. Hopwood2019-03-18T18:47:44-05:00August 3rd, 2012|Tags: ACS blog, ineffective assistance of counsel, Lafler v. Cooper, Sixth Amendment, Valerie Newman|

Over at the ACS blog, Nicole Flatow interviewed attorney and State Appellate Defender Valerie Newman about her experience arguing before the Supreme Court on behalf of the respondent in Lafler v. Cooper. Rarely, do we hear an unvarnished take on what it is like for attorneys to argue before the high court. Speaking of the [...]

Trial Judge Uses Fill-In Counsel To Prevent Trial Stoppage

I ran across a rather strange case in the Seventh Circuit involving several defendants on trial for various tax, mail and wire fraud counts. This was far from a routine tax case. To say the case was complex is kind of an understatement—there were over 1 million documents related to the trial. During the middle [...]