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Columns
Title Category Published
The NBA's billion-dollar bet on gambling just came due Entertainment & Sports Oct. 28, 2025
The weaponization of justice in America Government, Criminal Sep. 30, 2025
When comedy collides with corporate caution Labor/Employment, Contracts Sep. 19, 2025
Political violence and the erosion of civility in America Criminal, Constitutional Law Sep. 15, 2025
Courthouses should be gateways to justice not traps of fear Immigration, Criminal, Constitutional Law Aug. 19, 2025
Mental health diversion is working Criminal Jan. 13, 2025
Richard Quinones was a prosecutor who believed in redemption Letters Dec. 26, 2024
Is this something to celebrate? Criminal Sep. 12, 2023
Girardi’s Indicted. What’s Next? Criminal Feb. 3, 2023
Alec Baldwin’s closing statement Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports Jan. 24, 2023
Criminal law – looking back and looking forward Criminal Jan. 6, 2023
Don Bartell: The Houdini of DUIs Obituaries Oct. 5, 2022
Rich Hutton: a gentleman and a scholar Obituaries Sep. 29, 2022
Cryptocurrency is more regulated than you thought Jul. 27, 2022
Polanski’s Predicament Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Discipline, Criminal Jul. 19, 2022
Will the Uvalde police be criminally prosecuted? Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation Jun. 3, 2022
An inactive sentencing commission: A cause for outrage Judges and Judiciary, Government Apr. 6, 2022
Chris Rock’s slap is a battery, but prosecution is unlikely Government, Criminal Mar. 30, 2022
Why Rittenhouse was acquitted: a criminal defense attorney’s view Criminal Nov. 22, 2021
Gascón can’t do it alone, LA leaders need to step up Government, Criminal Dec. 11, 2020
Proposition 25: Noble intentions, but not the answer Criminal Oct. 15, 2020
Jurors gone wild: the Ghost Ship trial Criminal Aug. 30, 2019
Bail law might leave some accused stuck in jail Government, Criminal Aug. 30, 2018
'Not guilty’ was the jurors’ only option Criminal Jul. 17, 2013
To testify or not to testify Criminal Apr. 19, 2013
2012 criminal cases, a look back Criminal Dec. 29, 2012
Lois Goodman: safe or out? Criminal Sep. 8, 2012
Common misconceptions on insanity defense Criminal Aug. 3, 2012
Criminal cases that made a splash in 2011 Criminal Dec. 22, 2011
A Blow to the Constitution’s Confrontation Clause Criminal Mar. 9, 2011
How Lindsay Lohan Could Have Avoided Jail Criminal Jul. 27, 2010
You Just Won A One-Way Ticket to...? Criminal Apr. 6, 2010
Staff Layoffs: The Wrong Solution Criminal Mar. 23, 2010
Title Category Published
The NBA's billion-dollar bet on gambling just came due Entertainment & Sports Oct. 28, 2025
The weaponization of justice in America Government, Criminal Sep. 30, 2025
When comedy collides with corporate caution Labor/Employment, Contracts Sep. 19, 2025
Political violence and the erosion of civility in America Criminal, Constitutional Law Sep. 15, 2025
Courthouses should be gateways to justice not traps of fear Immigration, Criminal, Constitutional Law Aug. 19, 2025
Mental health diversion is working Criminal Jan. 13, 2025
Richard Quinones was a prosecutor who believed in redemption Letters Dec. 26, 2024
Is this something to celebrate? Criminal Sep. 12, 2023
Girardi’s Indicted. What’s Next? Criminal Feb. 3, 2023
Alec Baldwin’s closing statement Torts/Personal Injury, Entertainment & Sports Jan. 24, 2023
Criminal law – looking back and looking forward Criminal Jan. 6, 2023
Don Bartell: The Houdini of DUIs Obituaries Oct. 5, 2022
Rich Hutton: a gentleman and a scholar Obituaries Sep. 29, 2022
Cryptocurrency is more regulated than you thought Jul. 27, 2022
Polanski’s Predicament Ethics/Professional Responsibility, Discipline, Criminal Jul. 19, 2022
Will the Uvalde police be criminally prosecuted? Government, Criminal, Civil Litigation Jun. 3, 2022
An inactive sentencing commission: A cause for outrage Judges and Judiciary, Government Apr. 6, 2022
Chris Rock’s slap is a battery, but prosecution is unlikely Government, Criminal Mar. 30, 2022
Why Rittenhouse was acquitted: a criminal defense attorney’s view Criminal Nov. 22, 2021
Gascón can’t do it alone, LA leaders need to step up Government, Criminal Dec. 11, 2020
Proposition 25: Noble intentions, but not the answer Criminal Oct. 15, 2020
Jurors gone wild: the Ghost Ship trial Criminal Aug. 30, 2019
Bail law might leave some accused stuck in jail Government, Criminal Aug. 30, 2018
'Not guilty’ was the jurors’ only option Criminal Jul. 17, 2013
To testify or not to testify Criminal Apr. 19, 2013
2012 criminal cases, a look back Criminal Dec. 29, 2012
Lois Goodman: safe or out? Criminal Sep. 8, 2012
Common misconceptions on insanity defense Criminal Aug. 3, 2012
Criminal cases that made a splash in 2011 Criminal Dec. 22, 2011
A Blow to the Constitution’s Confrontation Clause Criminal Mar. 9, 2011
How Lindsay Lohan Could Have Avoided Jail Criminal Jul. 27, 2010
You Just Won A One-Way Ticket to...? Criminal Apr. 6, 2010
Staff Layoffs: The Wrong Solution Criminal Mar. 23, 2010
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