October

Q4 is here

Clients who arrive already sold

Cold leads that show up like warm referrals

A negative gunshot residue test helped convict him

Massachusetts’ highest court just said the jury should never have heard it that way

Conviction vacated over undisclosed Border Patrol evidence

The defense wanted records tied to a private Facebook group

The Fifth Circuit is taking another look at the felon gun ban

The full court will reconsider a § 922(g)(1) conviction

Seeing a gun wasn’t enough for the stop

The Eleventh Circuit vacated the conviction

Bad grand jury instructions just killed the indictment

A few things likely changed the outcome

Manslaughter conviction tossed over DNA testimony

The analyst who actually did the work never testified

Gun and drug convictions tossed over one traffic stop

Police found a gun and 31 grams of crack

A 50-year murder sentence just got tossed

The forensic evidence was never tested for reliability

Would you livestream your murder trial?

Could six-person juries be unconstitutional?

SCOTUS may upend a 50-year-old rule

The email that keeps filling his calendar

He sends it because nobody else can

11 out of 16

SCOTUS, the funding fix, and one guy who tanked his own case with AI

The referral he didn't have to ask for

The attorney who sent it had never shaken his hand.

He sat down with a legal pad on July 1st

Here's how the rest of his year went...

They pulled him out of the courtroom

The judge had just stepped off the bench.

Who sends you your best cases?

Let's take a look at your sources.

Who's in your phone when you need help?

You can't do everything yourself.

You may be sitting on an asset

A lot of attorneys build them accidentally.

Clients remember different things than lawyers

The law isn't always what sticks.

The hardest part of criminal defense isn't the law

Most clients never see it.

How firms are adopting AI

Plus: where to get help with your AI workflows...

How AI Is Changing the Standard of Care in Criminal Defense

Technology rarely changes legal standards overnight. But inside criminal defense practice, AI is beginning to shift expectations about how cases are worked.

The standard is changing before it's written

And it starts with informal use...