Understanding the Important Legal Issues Being Litigated Today

Chapter 1, from “Who Says You Can’t,” Strategy and Tactics for Becoming a More Creative Criminal Defense Lawyer What do you do when there are multiple witnesses to the crime your clients are accused of, the law supports the government’s theory of the case, and the jurors are likely prejudiced against your clients. This is…

From the Verdict, Jan. 18, 2023 by Jon May I previously wrote about the hurdles facing prosecutors should former President Donald Trump be indicted for unlawfully concealing or removing documents related to national security. In that article, I reviewed in detail the statutes listed on the search warrant authorizing the FBI to search Trump’s residence…

The Verdict, Dec. 2, 2022, by Jon May In my Nov. 15 article, United States v. Donald J. Trump: The Trial of a National Security Case, I explained why I believed that Donald Trump would be indicted for violating the Espionage Act and why I believed prosecutors would find it difficult to use the Classified Information…

The Verdict, Nov. 15, 2022, by Jon May Sometime within the next six months, former President Donald J. Trump will be indicted for violating the Espionage Act arising from his possession of classified documents following his departure from the White House.* Although Attorney General Merrick Garland has not yet given the green light to prosecute Trump,…

The Verdict, June 22, 2022, by Jon May After Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked to Politico, I published an article (here) that argued that unless the draft was changed, the final opinion would threaten not just reproductive rights, but a host of substantive due process rights recognized by the…