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Contractor Fraud in Louisiana defined
Contractor Fraud in Louisiana defined
Contractor Fraud in Louisiana defined August 31th, 2022Contractor fraud While contractor fraud is not new, I have had more clients charged with...
Talking to the police during the investigation
Talking to the police during the investigation
Talking to the police during the investigation August 29th, 2022One question I receive regularly is clients calling to see if they should talk to...
Prostitution in Louisiana
Prostitution in Louisiana
Prostitution in Louisiana August 25th, 2022Is prostitution legal in Louisiana? No. What surprises many of my clients is prostitution is only legal...
Traffic Tickets
Traffic Tickets
Traffic Tickets August 17th, 2022Traffic Tickets and your Driving Record Louisiana continues to crack down on traffic tickets. In 2021 alone, there...
Crimes of Violence
Crimes of Violence August 8th, 2022What is a crime of violence? Louisiana law specifically designates certain crimes as crimes of violence. The...
What is manslaughter
What is manslaughter June 28th, 2022What is manslaughter Homicide is manslaughter in Louisiana when one of these three criteria is present: The...
Is everyone entitled to bail?
Is everyone entitled to bail? June 20th, 2022Is everyone entitled to bail? Yes, as a general rule, almost everybody is entitled to bail....
How the Court determines Bail
How the Court determines Bail June 16th, 2022How the Court determines Bail How the court determines bail is perhaps the first question family...
Malfeasance in Office
Malfeasance
Malfeasance in Office May 31st, 2022Malfeasance in Office In the last six months, we have experienced increased calls regarding malfeasance in...
Setting Bond in Louisiana
Setting Bond in Louisiana
Setting Bond in Louisiana May 16th, 2022Setting a bond in LouisianaSetting bail, or bond, in Louisiana is mainly at the judge's discretion. Clients...
Consent to Search a Vehicle
Consent to Search a Vehicle
Consent to Search a Vehicle April 26th, 2022Vehicle Search Clients are constantly asking about having their vehicles searched. A police officer must...
Statute of Limitations
Statute of Limitations
Statute of Limitations April 18th, 2022Statute of Limitations Clients routinely ask how long the State has to institute Prosecution against them....
Sex Offender Registration
Sex Offender Registration
Sex Offender Registration April 14th, 2022Sex Offender Registration When I talk with clients facing sex offenses, the question most ask is not how...
Force or Violence
Force or Violence
Force or Violence March 23th, 2022Use of Force or Violence I have fielded several questions lately about when it is justified to use force or...
New Year / Expungement
New Year / Expungement
New Year / Expungement January 12th, 2022What better way for anyone to start a new year than cleaning up a criminal record! When convicted of a...
Marijuana on the Christmas List?
Marijuana on the Christmas List? December 21th, 2021Earlier this month, I received a text from a former client fairly late one evening. He had a...
Does Having An Attorney Really Matter?
Does Having An Attorney Really Matter? October 15th, 2021The choice on who you select to represent you during the criminal process is one of an...
Drug Arrest on Interstate 20
Drug Arrest on Interstate 20
Drug Arrest on Interstate 20 October 8th, 2021One of the worse kept secrets in North Louisiana is that Interstate 20 is a hotbed for narcotics...
Deep Dive: 4th Amendment
Deep Dive: The 4th Amendment
The 4th Amendment Ocgtober 5th, 2021he Fourth Amendment grants U.S. citizens the right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects...
Child Pornography, what you need to know in Louisiana
Child Pornography, what you need to know in Louisiana
Child Pornography, what you need to know in Louisiana September 27th, 2021In the state of Louisiana, there are strict laws penalizing the possession...
Deep Dive: 5th Amendment
Deep Dive: The 5th Amendment
The Fifth Amendment August 31th, 2021No person shall… be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life,...
DWI
Louisiana possesion of marijuana
Louisiana Possession of Marijuana
Louisiana Possession of Marijuana August 5th, 2021The laws concerning possession of marijuana in Louisiana have changed. Effective August 1, 2021....
Deep Dive: The 2nd Amendment
Deep Dive: The 2nd Amendment
Deep Dive: The 2nd Amendment June 21, 2021The Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the...
Why Choose Me?
What if I have questions when the case is closed?
What if I have questions when the case is closed? June 1, 2021One humbling reality for me is the vast majority of the relationships I form with my...
What are your goals with my case?
What are your goals with my case? June 1, 2021This is a very case specific. There’s no one-size-fits-all. My goal is to exonerate if at all possible...
Who makes the final decisions?
Who makes the final decisions? June 1, 2021You. Always. I tell every client I don’t live with the decision to plead guilty or go to trail. Only they...
Who will work on my case?
Who will work on my case? June 1, 2021Me. The responsibility stops with me. There are times we’ll use counselors, mitigation experts, and in some...
Are you accessible?
Are you accessible? June 1, 2021One of the biggest complaints I heard from potential clients as I initially started my office was they couldn’t get...
Know who you’re dealing with.
Know who you’re dealing with. June 1, 2021Chances are, if you’ve made it this far into my website, you already know who I am, and you’re looking...