Aerial view of DC

D.C. Welcomes Jackie Cadman

Jamison Koehler D.C. Superior Court

Mani Golzari told me she was coming to D.C., but I had no idea she was already here until I ran into her yesterday in the basement of Moultrie, heading to her first arraignment.  I was not prepared for her hug because, well, I am an uptight kind of guy. Jackie Cadman has arrived. When I introduced Golzari on this …

D.C. skyline

A Public Defender Just Doing His Job

Jamison Koehler D.C. Superior Court, Trial Advocacy

  I am watching Mani Golzari of the D.C. Public Defender Service cross-examine a police officer at a probable cause hearing. Of all the cross-examinations I have either done or seen this past week, Golzari’s is undoubtedly the best. Golzari was a rising superstar when we worked together at the public defender’s office in Philadelphia, and he is even better …

Jefferson and Washington monuments

Philadelphia: Where the One-Eyed Man is King

Jamison Koehler Law Practice

My wife does not read this blog.  I understand.  She’s busy.  Friends or family will tell her they enjoyed something they read on the blog and she will smile and thank them, but she really has no clue what they are talking about. I showed her my website when it first went up last fall.  Yes, dear, it looks very …