We Run This City

My loves, I write this for you… You who run this amazing city – New York – yet take no credit for doing so. This is for the proud New Yorkers that travel… Continue reading →

the 48 second Arraignment Interview

“Are you a legal aid, or a lawyer?” To which I respond… “I’m a lawyer with the Legal Aid society.” My client glares at me behind a cornucopia of perforated plexiglass and metal… Continue reading →

Excuse Me While I Produce More Convicts

There is nothing I fear more than the innocent client. There – I said it.  I hate admitting this, but it’s true.  People ask me constantly “what happens when your client is innocent?”… Continue reading →

Who has your back Monserrate?

Someone needs to send NY Senator Monserrate a PR rep…

You Love Cops… Admit it

This past Monday, L’Heureux invited me to a book discussion led by one of his students (follow Dr. L’Heureux Lewis on Twitter). It was held at HueMan Bookstore on Frederick Douglass Blvd, not… Continue reading →

Leave the Black and Latino Boys in Jail *UPDATE*

Several weeks ago, I squabbled with the administrators at the group home where my client lived (See my previous blog post about it here). While my client sat in jail, I couldn’t get in touch… Continue reading →

Fund IOLA, or else… no food, no shelter, no jobs, no healthcare

No food, no shelter, no jobs, no healthcare. This is what the people of NYC have been struggling with for what seems like forever.  From a lack of supermarkets in our poor and… Continue reading →

Snitches don’t get Stitches… Battered Women Do

Yesterday the New York Senate set up a panel to determine whether or not State Senator Hiram Monserrate shall be sanction, face expulsion, or both. If you aren’t familiar, Senator Monserrate is that… Continue reading →