Continued . . . . Most often, criminal defense attorneys use a preliminary hearing primarily for discovery purposes, to hear the prosecution’s case; to assist in their own preparation for trial. The “probable cause” standard of proof in a preliminary hearing is rather low and relatively easy for the prosecutionContinue Reading
Preface: Before reading this piece, you might want to read Cow Lawyer. Kenneth McCoy’s estate planning wasn’t finished yet, and; the Hepworth/pasture lease litigation was far from over, when McCoy had received something else he wanted to discuss — a summons in another case. This was a criminal matter. HeContinue Reading
Note: If you haven’t read the piece — Making Rain Where the Sun Shines – the Making of a Country Lawyer — you might want to read it before this piece. In every law firm, every office, every town, no matter how big or small, there are interesting politics, reactionsContinue Reading
Although Lawyers are supposed to be golfers, because I didn’t do much golfing once I got to Kanab, I didn’t meet many people, including potential clients, on the golf course, and that’s not how I met Kenneth McCoy. McCoy was a self-described rancher. And given my early naïveté and resurrectedContinue Reading
As I was trying to get rolling making rain as a country lawyer, I met Chet and Maggie Rawlins the Spring of ‘92. They definitely weren’t golfers (See Lawyers are Supposed to be Golfers). I’d been out of law school almost a year. I had been practicing law in Kanab since theContinue Reading
Lawyers who are highly productive financially are known as Rainmakers. In the good ol’ days, a typical country lawyer might have just sat around his office reading the paper, taking a case or two here and there, whatever came along, without too much stress or unreasonably high financial expectations.Continue Reading
(A Chapter Excerpt from Making Rain Where the Sun Shines — Lawyers are Supposed to be Golfers — Paying My Dues as a Country Lawyer) The stereotypical lawyer is supposed to spend a good share of time on the links, golfing with colleagues, clients, friends and associates, and lounging inContinue Reading
Until they get used to it, people always seem to struggle with my name. Some call me Marcus. Others call me Malcolm. My best advice is just call me “Mac.” My life started out in Southwest Colorado. My dad was a ranch cowboy and my earliest memories—everything from gettingContinue Reading