Unfortunately improper relationships between an educator and a student has been on the news a lot lately. I have summarized the law (Texas penal code 21.12)that governs it below: Some of the key points here are that regardless of the age (the student could be 17 or 18, well above the legal age of consent…
Cops and robbers; good guys wear white; bad guys wear black; good cop/bad cop—we like to pretend that it’s easy to tell who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy. Unfortunately, that’s not realistic. I represent a lot of good people who had a bad day and were arrested for committing a crime. It’s exceedingly…
Texas leads the nation in semi-truck fatalities. We are a big state with a lot of commerce and tons ofhighways. Grayson County, where our main office is located, unfortunately gets more than its fair shareof catastrophic injuries with our major highway corridors, continuing growth, and lots of heavy industryand highway construction. What is surprising is…
I have seen a lot of attorneys already blogging, writing, and making YouTube videos about Zoom. I’ve seen some great advice about the practicalities of having Zoom depositions, mediations, hearings, etc. I’ve seen great tips about good lighting, good camera angle, and good connection related to Zoom and other video conferencing platforms. In my opinion…
We’ve scored some serious victories at Bill Kennedy Law in the last 60 days. We’ve been so busy that we haven’t slowed down to toot our own horn; however, we think it’s important to know when it comes to receiving a serious charge there is always, as Paul Harvey used to say, “the rest of the…