That old saying is a little misleading, I think there is a good argument that knowledge is always good, the more one knows the better. The old saying comes up a lot in my line of work, I hear from people who have seen material online that tells them a little bit about how the legal system may work, but, it is not helpful, or, downright harmful to their case. The info they find online may be completely wrong, or, it may be true for a different state, or, a different type of

It is a quote from Spiderman, but, applies to the real world, not just comic strips. I heard it from a prosecutor the other day, he was referring to the impact his decisions could have on people. If he decided to charge a person with a serious crime they could be arrested, held in jail, labelled as a criminal in the media, around the community, in some cases fired from their job. All of this can happen before a trial, before a conviction, before there is any decision that

Almost all family law is made at the state level, for laws to change new laws have to be passed by a majority of the state legislature, both houses, and, signed by the governor. That is not an easy process, in most years we do not see major changes. Unlike many issues in politics, family law does not have a clear party split, on most issues we see Republicans and Democrats on both sides, votes tend to be split between the parties, as opposed to along party lines. First up,

Occassionally, our office received the news every defense attorney loves to see, a charge against a client was dismissed by the prosecutor.