Never done this before, so bear with me as I have a lot to share, stories, thoughts, ideas, experience and much more. I will be 90 in February 2017, retired February 2016, and tried my last case late 2015. Did not want to quit, but health deemed it. Where do I come off saying I have things to say? A little background: 10 years in the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office rising from a rookie prosecutor to a Senior Deputy DA. Tried every type of crime, including 6 capital crimes where the jury retried death sentences. (to be covered, including my take now on capital punishment) I am told, but have not seen it, my name supposedly is listed at the LA. DA’s Office Wall of Fame” Moved to Newport Beach, Orange County, California, and was a successful Criminal Defense Attorney for the next 51 years. Apparently, my Peers thought well of me and I was invited into the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization limited by invitation only asked on recognized excellence in trial work. Also- The American Board of Trial Advocates, again strict qualifications and very prestigious. A founding member of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, again a fine organization featuring education, legislation, seminars and has grown to over hundreds of lawyers who primarily practice criminal defense.
There is more, but you get the idea, I have been around trying cases in State and Federal Courts mostly in California, but in other States and jurisdictions as well.
This blog will cover cases, strategy, does and don’ts, personal life experiences, and just everything. I intend to present topics flowing into one and another, and I hope whoever reads the posts enjoys the stories, It is going to be fun.
Marshall
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