What is a White Collar Crime?
Federal criminal defense attorney Benson Varghese discusses white collar crimes in this short video. A white collar crime is an offense that is alleged to…
Judge Brent Carr Receives Silver Gavel Award
Since 1996, the Silver Gavel Award has been presented by the Tarrant County Bar Association to a current or former member of the Tarrant County…
Can Police Take DNA Without a Warrant?
Can Officers Take Discarded Items and Have Them Tested for DNA? Police officers are known to take discarded items and have them tested for DNA.…
Video: Can I Get an Expunction in Texas?
Benson Varghese discusses removing offenses and arrests from a person’s criminal history through an expunction in Texas in this short video. In Texas, a person…
Creative Sentencing: Ten Unusual Punishments
We’ve all heard the adage: “Do the crime, do the time.” But what if the judge has some other punishment in mind, like carrying an…
Does Obtaining Cell-Site Location Information Require a Warrant?
Carpenter v. United States On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court granted a petition to hear a major Fourth Amendment case decided by…
Supreme Court Carpenter v. U.S.: Warrant Required to Access Cell Site Location Information
In a recent 5-4 decision , the Supreme Court held that police generally need a search warrant to gain access to your cellphone’s location information.…
4 Reasons Former Federal Prosecutors Make Excellent Defense Attorneys
Former Federal Prosecutors While it seems intuitive that being a former prosecutor is an advantage for a defense attorney, the gains offered by that experience…
Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Violations
State Attorney General ’s Officers, the FBI, and other law enforcement agencies have dedicated teams that solely investigate financial practices of doctors’ offices and health…