Word: attorney
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Here are just a couple of tales from the rough frontier of Texas justice: a teenager in Bexar County charged with drug crimes last September sat in jail for a month before his first scheduled meeting with a court-appointed lawyer. That attorney never showed up; and by the time the boy met the next one, he'd been behind bars more than three months. Andrew Cantu of Abilene was executed in February even though his third court-assigned appellate lawyer--the first two withdrew--didn't know how to find Cantu in prison, didn't do any investigation...
...with some, but not all, of the women, and that they were not paid a salary but were given money "as they need it." Neighbors recall constant streams of limousines to and from Frankel's house at all hours. "Nobody knew who this guy was," says Phillip Russel, an attorney representing Frankel's neighbors, who are themselves financial-services professionals. "And if you spend that kind of money, then somebody knows...
...figure shopping sprees, even the riding crop and bondage videos--would turn out to be illicitly funded by an elegantly complex scheme reflective of Frankel's flawed brilliance and bizarre character. "He was the best I've ever seen," says Aubrey Harwell, a Nashville, Tenn., attorney investigating the case. "This will prove, over time, to be one of the greatest scams successfully perpetrated in history...
...seekers--whose bill will eventually include over $15,000 in medical costs in addition to the funds for the advertisements, attorney's fees, and the $50,000 compensation to the donor--will then make the final selection...
...worn out and I can't put up with thisman anymore," Travers added. "He has to go by thecontract. You shouldn't have to have a note fromyour doctor. If there's nothing being done I willsue the University and get my own attorney...