For the Defense Season Finale: Ed Shohat for Carlos Lehder

FOR THE DEFENSE SEASON 4 FINALE, EPISODE 8

EDWARD SHOHAT FOR CARLOS LEHDER

It's the Season 4 Finale of For the Defense this morning with the wonderful Ed Shohat for Carlos Lehder -- one of the biggest (and longest -- 7 months!) drug trials in U.S. history.  You can check it out on all podcast platforms (including Apple, Spotify and Google. All other platforms can be accessed on this website.) 

 

It's been a really great and fun season, which included:

• Bruce Rogow for 2 Live Crew and Luther Campbell 
• Mark Geragos for Susan McDougal
• Juanita Brooks for John DeLorean
• Gerry Goldstein for Richard Dexter (Deep Throat)
• Geoffrey Fieger for Dr. Jack Kevorikian
• Brian Heberlig for Ali Sadr and
• John Gleeson for The Holloway Project. 

 

Thank you to all of these great lawyers for sitting down with me this season. Also thank you to Alfred Spellman and to Cliff Bumgardner for all of their support in producing this labor of love.

CLE CREDIT FOR FLORIDA LAWYERS:  If you are a Florida lawyer and have listened to the whole season, you qualify for 8 CLE credits, including 1 technology credit and 1 ethics credit.  Please use course number 2110734N and course title: "For the Defense", with David O. Markus-Season 4.  This is free CLE credit -- woohoo! All that I ask in return is that you spread the word and leave a review.

Thanks again for all of your feedback and suggestions throughout the course of the season. 
 

--David
 

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Happy birthday to Sandra Day O'Connor

She is 92, and sadly mostly withdrawn from public life because of the onset of dementia.

I wonder what she would think of the confirmation hearings and how Republicans acted and how they treated KBJ.

I wonder what she would think of the current Court and how they may undue Roe v. Wade.

I wonder what she would think about Ginni Thomas and January 6.

Trump Sues Clinton

By John R. Byrne

It's a long complaint and you can read it here.   In short, he alleges that, in the lead up to the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton, the DNC, and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, among others, conspired to craft the false narrative that he was colluding with Russia.  It's a nine count complaint that includes counts for RICO, RICO conspiracy, malicious prosecution, and theft of trade secrets.  Judge Middlebrooks drew the case.  Peter Ticktin of the Ticktin Law Group signed the complaint.  

Miami attorney Richard Rosenthal testifies for KBJ

Well done, Richard!

 

What is the GOP doing at the KBJ hearings? (UPDATED)

SAD!

Political theatre at its worst.... and nothing to do with judging or being a Justice.

These two -- Cruz and Jackson -- were on law review together at HLS.  One is blowing up pictures of books that KBJ has never discussed or written about.... literally nothing to do with her. But he wants to run for president. 

The other is trying to stay poker-faced and answer questions about her record.  She's doing a wonderful job and will be confirmed.  

UPDATE -- if the first day of questioning was disappointing for those of us who want a fair and objective Senate, the second day was a total embarrassment.  Cruz, Hawley, Cotton... wow.