A Florida lawyer who serves as the president of a homeowners association is facing charges after allegedly pulling a shotgun on children who were fishing at a lake in the housing community. On April 14, three children, ages 7, 10, and 15, went to a lake in the Stillwater Lakes…
A Florida attorney with a private practice was jailed for accusations of pilfering more than $840,000 from his clients. Approximately 7 years ago, a 44-year-old personal injury lawyer opened a private practice in Seminole to work with clients who had been injured in automobile accidents. Last October, a woman who…
When a lawyer who was allegedly highly inebriated was kicked out of a Florida bar, she allegedly took off her clothes and refused to leave the establishment. 49-year-old Kelly Elkins lives in Treasure Island, Florida. It is reported that she is an attorney at KEE Legal Group P.A., in addition to…
An attorney in Southern Oregon is facing charges for allegedly paying a woman for sexual favors. 32-year-old Devin Norwood Driver has been a lawyer since 2016. According to their website, he is currently an attorney at the firm Davis, Freudenberg, Day & Driver in Grants Pass, Oregon. Rogue Area Drug Enforcement detectives have recently been investigating drug…
A Phoenix mother who was found by police nearly two weeks after family members reported that she and her three-year-old son were missing has been accused of child abuse. She denies the allegations and is seeking a lawyer to help defend her innocence. When law enforcement located Taquila Wilson and…
A California woman, Denise Huskins, described the “hell that we have survived” to her abductor, who was sentenced to 40 years in prison. The police originally dismissed this case as a hoax because it was so elaborate and downright bizarre. Huskins was held for two days, after being kidnapped and…
In a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court, the justices unanimously ruled that police will now require a warrant to search a person’s cell phone. Up until now, courts have routinely allowed the data contained on cell phones as evidence in a criminal proceeding on the basis that…
Kerry Kennedy, daughter of late senator Robert F. Kennedy, was acquitted of charges of driving while intoxicated (similar to California’s DUI charges) earlier this morning in a New York courtroom. Jurors spent just over an hour deliberating the facts before delivering their verdict. Kennedy was found collapsed over the steering…
What to do when Social Services has been called— You and your husband were arguing the other night. Neighbors called the police. The police told you that they had to arrest one of you and he chose you. You’ve bailed out of jail, you’ve contacted an experienced Orange County domestic…
In an earlier post, I detailed an example of a lawyer who got herself into some trouble in an incident involving alcohol, police, and a whole bunch of negative publicity. That fiasco was the result of a series of poor decisions regarding her personal life that unfortunately affected her professional…