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I generally detest overused quotes and phrases. But this one seemed particularly relevant to my recent DUI defense work. I have prevailed on my last three driver license suspension hearings. Although I like to believe that I can prepare a mean cross-examination, my lawyering skills were hardly responsible for my recent victories. The police officers […]

For many, contact with our office is the first time they have needed to retain counsel. Often in the discussion on compensation, questions arise around flat fee agreements and hourly retainer agreements. Either way, a client will sign a “retainer agreement,” but under the flat fee arrangement, they would not pay a retainer, but a […]

The Utah Supreme Court has decided that incarceration in county jail is not “custody” for purposes of the Fifth Amendment. While serving a sentence for theft in the San Juan County Jail, Defendant Eric Butt “mailed rudimentary nude drawings of himself to his five-year-old daughter.” After inspecting the drawings, Deputy Alan Freestone met with the […]

NATIONAL NEWS FOR AUGUST 2012 Jared Lee Loughner will spend the rest of his life in prison. Shortly after he was arrested for murdering six people and wounding thirteen others, Loughner was diagnosed as schizophrenic and found not competent to stand trial. Loughner received months of intensive psychiatric treatment before his court-appointed psychologist certified that […]