The practice and culture of practicing law
by RICH CASSIDY on DECEMBER 31, 2010 I can’t close the book on 2010 without congratulating my friend and colleague, Peter Langrock, his law partners, and all the staff at Langrock, Sperry & Wool, LLP, on the 50th Anniversary of Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on DECEMBER 27, 2010 Legislation doesn’t always work the way lawmakers think it will. (Some believers in the law of unintended consequences think legislation never works out the way legislators think it will.) Sometimes, as members of Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 September 17, 2010 is Constitution Day, in celebration of the 223rd anniversary of the United States Constitution. Around the world, the average lifespan of written national constitutions since 1789 has been just 17 Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 In Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S.335 (1963), the United States Supreme Court held the 6th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution require that defendants in serious criminal cases be afforded representation Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on AUGUST 5, 2010 The American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting began today in San Francisco. The annual meeting is always an extravaganza of American lawyering attended by thousand of lawyers with a smorgasbord table groaning with continuing Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on JUNE 8, 2010 Tomorrow I will to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on the subject of the Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Barriers to Reentry Read More …
by RICH CASSIDY on MARCH 31, 2010 U.S. Supreme Court: Competence requires that defense counsel correctly advise criminal defendants of deportation due to conviction. In Padilla v. Kentucky, 509 U.S. ___ (March 31, 2010), decided today, the United States Supreme Read More …