The Matlock Blog
Blog URL http://www.matlock-law.typepad.com
Located Fort Worth, Texas USA
Tags Criminal Defense, Texas Defense Attorney, Fort Worth Attorney, Texas Appellate Law, Texas Politics, Tarrant County Lawyer
The Matlock Blog discusses issues relating to criminal law and politics in Texas, the U.S. Fifth Circuit and beyond.
Latest Blog Posts
- on Nov 23, 2009
Happy Holidays Who says I don't like the holidays? Enjoy, and be safe.
- And they're off! on Nov 19, 2009 in Elections
Boy, that didn't take long, did it? Within only a couple of weeks of me writing this, we have news of a primary contest for the Republican candidate for the 432nd District Court. Local Fort Worth attorney Tom Zachry has...
- An open letter to Mike Ilitch, Detroit Tigers owner on Nov 12, 2009 in Detroit Tigers
No, this has nothing to do with law or elections or anything like that. This is being written because this blog receives an average of 1400 hits per week, and with any luck, someone somewhere will pick it up and...
- If justice is blind, does she still poll the voters? on Nov 9, 2009 in Tarrant County Elections
To the judge or to the jury, that is the question. This is not so much a legalistic interpretation of Hamlet’s preeminent line, but rather the conundrum of the modern day criminal defense attorney. You see, in Texas, prior to...
- No habla ingles on Oct 29, 2009 in Fort Worth Criminal Defense Attorney
It sounds too ridiculous to be true. If anyone should know what crimes the police can charge you with, it should be the police, right? I mean am I asking too much for the cops to know what the hell...
- So you want to be a lawyer? on Oct 19, 2009 in Other stuff
You think you want to be a lawyer, huh? You don't. Trust me. I say that as someone that not only is a lawyer, but someone who hates lawyers. Do something else. Let me guess. You want to be a...
- Words matter on Oct 8, 2009 in Other stuff
Words matter. They do. Whether they are the simple ones we like to hear like, “You’re hot” or “I love you” or they are the ones we don’t want to hear, “It’s not you, it’s me” or “I don’t love...
