Grow’s lawyers say that it was not a pyramid scheme but instead a “multilevel marketing team.”

It may be that she specializes in this kind of defense, which is what it reads like to me. The whole “psychological element that other lawyers miss” part is what flagged it for me as this is her specialization, so she’s advertising it. It’s not uncommon for defense attorneys to specialize in certain areas when we’re…

I’m not trying to sound like Internet Contradiction Guy, but it strikes me as being in bad taste to feature a “brutal” knockout while just yesterday berating the NFL for all its violent home videos. I realize this one isn’t a headshot—there are plenty of those on Deadspin already—but at what point do we conclude that…

I’m a criminal defense attorney, and I can tell you that there are a lot of private defense attorneys that do not take sex cases, full stop. Maybe they have personal qualms, maybe they don’t want to subject themselves to looking at the evidence (often a traumatizing experience in and of itself), maybe they are in…

A good chunk of my practice is representing survivors of domestic violence or some near the equivalent. (Usually in order of protection or family cases) I would say in 90% of cases whether I won or lost I believed by client was both right and truthful about the major facts of the abuse. However, there were a handful…

You may well be right, but then again, she’s really not saying much there beyond “I will provide the competent defense you Constitutionally deserve” in a really long-winded manner. Note she makes no promise of victory.

piggy backing on your point, she must love how much of a spectacle this has become for her $ bottom line. feels gross. i guess there’s a market for everything.

Yeah. The right to an attorney is a big deal. We absolutely need to fight the urge to equate a criminal defender as actually trying to help a criminal get away with crime (even though this is literally what happens). And I suppose if I was being charged with an icky sexual or child-related accusation I would…

I would like to thank myself for all the hard work I put into all of this.

Kidd had one good stretch as the Nets coach when he stumbled into a lineup that put him moderately ahead of the curve on the NBA. he never got better than that while the league continued to improve with matchups/lineups. the Bucks have a negative net rating and are a bottom 5 defense with a foundational two-way player…

Exactly. And, while I’ve no doubt that MSU is using automated billing, that can only excuse the first two bills, to be fair/generous. And anyone that thinks that this girls’ parents HAVE NOT called to dispute these charges and explain why, or that they haven’t filed a formal complaint disputing them is fucking…

sounds like someone is not trusting the process.

Gotcha. It’s also possible that they are lowballing her because they don’t want to work with her based on her reputation (whether it’s deserved or not). That is probably part of the metric—will the reward be worth the potential headaches that come with working with Mo’Nique?

Yup. The culture and bizarre team structure meant players stagnated or devolved. Didn’t they once have no PGs

preemptively greased up poles

He texted his ex-Buffalo teammates “Wish You Were Here.”

Hardly the only Oxy Moron in Jacksonville.

Sadly, they brought only one ball, and so, after each attempt, a major climb was required.

When he woke up, he was in Hogwarts.

You ordered that Code Red!