tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post9083607801051967372..comments2024-01-25T14:51:13.377-05:00Comments on Gamso - For the Defense: The Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel - or SomethingJeff Gamsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-72149266717342591082010-03-23T02:54:23.241-04:002010-03-23T02:54:23.241-04:00It only hurts a little (joining facebook), and the...It only hurts a little (joining facebook), and the price is right. You can be an honorary member if FB is too internet-forward for you :) I am trying to get around to forming a nonprofit PD group that will help back up PDs who refuse excessive caseloads, and the FB group is something people can join in the interim. But you can consider yourself a member even without joining the FB Group. Because I say so.carol dhttp://www.pdrevolution.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-8300532033048491672010-03-22T23:31:22.570-04:002010-03-22T23:31:22.570-04:00Lee,
I've recommended PDs myself. But the tr...Lee,<br /><br />I've recommended PDs myself. But the truth is that if I need a lawyer I want to be sure I get a good one. And while I know lots of superb lawyers who are PDs (and I've had to work to undo the damage to some clients who fired their PD and hired an incompetent), I also know that in any office with more than one or two of them, there's likely to be someone who's just going through the motions. The thing is, in the private bar I can choose my counsel and avoid the lazy, the sleazy, and the incompetent. (And, unlike most of our clients, I know generally who should be avoided and who I would choose to hire.) In PD land, I wouldn't have that luxury.Jeff Gamsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-53146263018452902502010-03-22T23:27:01.183-04:002010-03-22T23:27:01.183-04:00So does this mean I actually have to join facebook...So does this mean I actually have to join facebook? Grr. You PD's drive a hard bargain.Jeff Gamsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-23047882077430490732010-03-22T23:11:52.862-04:002010-03-22T23:11:52.862-04:00You were actually the first person (OK, besides 3 ...You were actually the first person (OK, besides 3 of my friends down the hall) who asked to join public defender revolution. So early, in fact, that I hadn't created the facebook group yet. Your official invitation is on its way.carol dhttp://www.pdrevolution.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-90878140787702702432010-03-22T21:08:15.300-04:002010-03-22T21:08:15.300-04:00I disagree with the point made by Cernovich (who I...I disagree with the point made by Cernovich (who I don't know). I routinely advised friend's who are arrested that might qualify for the public defender that they should try to, particularly because most of them are in the middle spectrum that Norm worries about in his UPD proposal: they can't afford a top flight CDL so they are left with a cheaper hack. I would follow this advice myself if arrested, but for the fact that I couldn't qualify for the PD.Leehttp://www.pubdef.ocgov.com/alternat.htmnoreply@blogger.com