Comments on: Houston Criminal Attorney New Astroturf King

By: Herman Martinez

Herman Martinez — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:12:07 +0000

Thanks for teaching a new term. Your website does a great job informing the public about potential issues that they may come up with a lawyer.

By: Zorka

Zorka — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:13:16 +0000

The Lawyer-Client Privilege is long recognized in criminal courts in Florida. The client has the privilege to refuse to disclose confidential communications when the communications were made when rendering legal services to that client. The privilege can be claimed by the client, the client’s guardian, the personal representative of a dead client, and the lawyer on behalf of the client.

There is no Lawyer-Client Privilege if:
1. The services of the attorney were obtained to aid anyone to commit a crime.
2. The communication is relevant to an issue brought out by people who have made a claim through a dead client.
3. A communication is relevant as to whether or not the lawyer breached a duty to the client.
4. A communication is relevant to the competence of a client to execute a document in which the lawyer was a witness.

By: Frugal Paralegal

Frugal Paralegal — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:16:28 +0000

How about simply looking an attorney up on the State Bar of Texas website? Here is Nolen’s entry: http://tinyurl.com/nusbvo. That has his disciplinary history too.

By: Defending People » Lethal Generosity Revisited

Defending People » Lethal Generosity Revisited — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:57:13 +0000

[...] the no-lose results of generous praise to the result that Andy Nolen got by astroturfing: notified of the fraudulent reviews benefiting him, Yahoo has deleted those reviews. So the desired [...]

By: Mark Bennett

Mark Bennett — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:27:27 +0000

People looking at Avvo instead of Yahoo for lawyer reviews would have found no reviews for Mr. Nolen, but only his disciplinary history.

By: Cynthia Henley

Cynthia Henley — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:16:03 +0000

As one of the victims of the attack by Andy Nolen, I want you to know how much I appreciate your effort to clear up misconceptions that may have been created by the vicious lies posted either by Nolen or on his behalf. Nolen’s comments mislead the public into possibly doubting the abilities of many fine lawyers he attacked, while concurrently deceiving them about his capabilities, if any, comparatively. I strongly suggest that when people search for a lawyer to help the life changing situation of being accused of a crime, they contact multiple lawyers to talk and get a feel for whether what they have read about the lawyer is real or astroturf.

Thanks, AVVO, for reading the reviews before posting them – potentially saving the freedom of those who would mistakenly hire Nolen, & providing good, dependable information regarding the many capable attorneys accessible through your site.

Cynthia