The Andrews have a fascinating conversation with Sesenu Woldemariam from the Bexar County MAC. He walks us through a more in depth analysis of juvenile law, what to look out for when handling a juvenile case, and some tricks of the trade he has picked up throughout his career. Sesenu is probably the smartest guest we’ve had on the show as he has two degrees from Yale University. This is a great interview that is sure to give you all tons of great information. If you have questions about juvenile law, contact him here ..read more

The Andrews take a deeper dive into Padilla, removal proceedings, bars to naturalization and, most importantly, what you Defenders can do to assist your clients going through possibly one of the scariest moments of their lives. Justin Tullius is an attorney with the Managed Assigned Counsel office of Bexar County, Texas. This man knows what he’s talking about as he’s been in the immigration law field since being licensed in 2007. Listen in as he shares with you some of the work-arounds contained within the immigration laws. Justin loves the Texas Tornados, hence the title of this episode comin ..read more

The Andrews have a conversation with Anne Burnham on todays episode. Anne is an Assistant Public Defender with the Harris County Public Defender’s Office in the appellate division. She talks with us today about relationships with our clients and our duties towards them. Click here for templates Anne discussed Click here for the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct Click here for the Man in the Arena speech Click here for TechBytes Click here for JusticeText ..read more

The Andrews have faces made for audio-only podcasts. We are not models. The ABA, though, loves their models; namely the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Today we discuss a new opinion just handed down regarding case or fact pattern discussion and disclosure on listservs. You can find Formal Opinion 511 here ..read more

The Andrews review jury selection again and how you can be prepared when the State or Judge push against your voir dire. Click here for Fuller and Sanchez Look out online for our new podcast videos ..read more

The Andrews have a conversation with Justin Crane on today’s episode. Justin is one of Herreth’s former clients who has taken everything he’s learned from his experiences in the criminal justice system and totally changed his life. Listen in as he talks about those changes, his experience as a Defendant, and how he can help you transform whats holding you back in your life. Herreth is now a current client of Justin’s and seeing wonderful results. Contact and follow Justin through his instagram account here ..read more

The Andrews discuss the growing affect social media has on our jury trials. Its mostly not great for defenders. Listen in to hear about the latest ridiculous-ness that maybe you’ve experienced as well ..read more

The Andrews promise this is not a filler episode….even though it may sound like it. Ever wonder what to do when you’re not getting the deal you want? Are you being yelled at from all sides on your case? We have the solution for you! Just set that headache for trial. You never know what will shake out as you approach the big day: a prosecutor may realize they don’t have as good a case as they thought, your client may realize what is really at stake and finally listen to you, or the jury/judge will be the final arbiters on the issues. This is why we have jury trials, to decide what is what when ..read more

The Andrews talk about something we Defenders deal with almost daily: the dreaded probation revocation. Listen in as we go over the basics of probation violations and some general things to remember when defending your first or next one ..read more

The Andrews talk with up-and-coming trial attorney, James Martin, about how no matter how much you prep a trial, something will always come up you just cant prep for. Even though he’s one of the younger attorneys we’ve interviewed, his war stories today will shed some light on the profound skill he possesses. Listen in as he discusses a wacky case where his client began with 7 felonies and ended up on deferred after 3 not guilty verdicts. Pay particular attention to the Motion to Quash on Double Jeopardy grounds; this is surely to be something we Defenders need to have in our quiver and use as ..read more