What’s the penalty for driving 370mph over the posted Minneapolis city speed limit?
Do You Talk to the Police or Not?
Don’t believe law enforcement officers when they tell you that you’ll be rewarded for your honesty
Zimmerman & Anthony: Juries are Actually Pretty Good at What They Do
Make your story very simple! Don’t confuse the jury! We repeat these mantras over and over again. To our colleagues, we say things like “Well, yeah, but do you think a jury would understand that?” The trial attorney is constantly worrying that the poor uneducated peons on his or her jury just won’t understand his…
What to Expect When You Are Expecting… Your Client to Kill You
You have gone through years of school. You have built a career from nothing. You have worked hard to become a professional. Your clientele probably has not. Especially for solo or small firm practitioners, clients can run the gamut from normal to certifiably insane. Normally you would try to weed out the real creeps, but…
Love Struck Man Lands Himself in Custody
Apparently, police officers tased a man yesterday just for trying to propose to his maybe his girlfriend . . . My theories are 1) he was really really high on drugs, 2) this is her way of breaking up with him, 3) the gays really have ruined marriage. Lets look for clues to find the answer! Clue…
Clown Fights Cop, Then Court
For most people, being in the courtroom awaiting your initial hearing on disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer is not the time to be clowning around. Kenneth Kraucunas is not most people. The Milwaukee man appeared in court dressed in full clown attire, including a red nose. The bailiff, who apparently hated…
Why I Am Not a Criminal Defense Attorney, Part 2
Last time we visited TIWIANACDA (acronym in progress), Lamarcus Williamson punched his attorney Dan Hall in the mouth because, well, he didn’t like the plead deal that he agreed to. This time we have an alleged murdered, Jerome Power of Grand Rapids, Iowa.
Ladies' Night
The latest strange legal news from the Bitter Lawyer newsroom, from attorney Doug Stephan
Snake It 'til You Make It
The weekly news wrap from the Bitter Newsroom, thanks to Douglas Stephan
The Mary Poppins Bag of News
The Monday morning legal humor news wrap from the Bitter Lawyer newsroom