Between press conferences that threaten to bring the Professor Gates’ arrest for disorderly conduct back into headlines, Boston joins the rest of the world in watching the latest Michael Jackson thriller. This time, it features potential clashes between the legal and medical professions and may well end up starring over…
While we were all watching the recent episodes of “The Professor And The Officer”, did you know that other arrests were taking place? It would appear that even more violent crimes than disorderly conduct were still being committed around the Boston area and defense attorneys were being assigned or retained…
Investigators are going through the Las Vegas office and residence of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician. The search is part of their probe into whether or not criminal charges will be filed in the death of the pop star. The King of Pop, 50, died on June 25,…
As we close the lid on this three-part Attorney Sam’s Take posting on Disorderly Conduct, we look at where I come in. Along with other criminal defense attorneys, I stand ready to represent a client facing such charges. When is the best time to contact me? Immediately. In fact, particularly…
As a Boston-area criminal defense attorney who has worked on both sides of the aisle, I have been doing a lot of talking lately about Disorderly Conduct arrests in the Commonwealth. I have been interviewed by media outlets out of state, such as the L.A. Times as well as national…
The other day, I received another one of those calls from a prospective client. He was calling me about a case in which he was scheduled to face criminal charges at Boston Municipal Court the next day. He had not sought an attorney earlier because, until he had spoken to…
Damage control for the Cambridge Police Department in the arrest of renowned Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has begun. The charges against him were dropped yesterday as lawyers for the Department announced that nobody involved in the incident had acted “at their best”. For those of you who…
Massachusetts criminal charges have been dropped against Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Gates was arrested on July 16 at his home in Cambridge. The 58-year-old Harvard professor, who is one of the most prominent African-American scholars in the US, had just returned home from a trip abroad. He was…
Today’s posting of the daily Boston Criminal Lawyer’s Blog takes us back in history. It is a history remembered, however, kept alive by Fall River’s Herald a day or so ago. Actually, in reprinting the article online, they even provided a You Tube video tape of the Fall River Public…
Ahhh…summer! Time for hitting the beaches, cookouts and, as I have said before, Jimmy Buffett tunes. Today, I am reminded of another of Buffett’s songs, namely “Boat Drinks”. Maybe it is because I am dropping off my son at a boat this morning, but more likely it is because I…