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Best of America's Premier Lawyers Series
America's Premier Lawyers
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AMERICA TODAY - "Kerry Max Cook" Story
The "Houston's Premier Lawyers" Series is honored to present Paul Nugent, Partner, Foreman, DeGeurin, Nugent, and Scott Howe, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Chapman University School of Law, and former Deputy Director of the Texas
Death Penalty Resource Center, and also Dr Sheila Balkan, famed Criminologist, in a powerful and riveting special show entitled: "THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AMERICA TODAY"
The show spotlights the story of Kerry Max Cook, who authored "Chasing Justice", the brilliant and riveting chronicle of how
a small-town murder became one of the worst cases of prosecutorial misconduct in American history - and sent the author,
an innocent man, to hell for twenty - two harrowing years. Kerry Max Cook is one of the longest-tenured death-row prisoners
to be freed: This is his unbelievable story and the only firsthand account of its kind.
Through the combined and dedicated efforts of Paul Nugent, who is featured regularly on ABC's Nightline, ABC Evening News, Court TV, the CBS National News, A&E's American Justice, and MSNBC; and Scott Howe, and after a series of retrials was forced, at last, in November 1996, Texas's highest appeals court threw out Cook's conviction, citing overwhelming evidence of police and prosecutorial misconduct.
And finally in the spring of 1999 long-overlooked DNA evidence was tested and it linked another man to the rape and murder
for which Cook had been convicted. Today, Cook is a free man and the proud father of a young son.
A shocking look inside death row, a legal thriller, and an inspirational story of one man's ultimately triumphant fight against
extreme adversity, "Chasing Justice" is a landmark work, written with the powerful authenticity of Cook's own hand. It will forever unsettle our view of the American justice system.
You can purchase your own copy of Kerry's amazing book
@ http://chasingjustice.com
Dr Sheila Balkan , renowned Criminlogist and Consultant to LA County Probation Department, the LA Department of Mental Health Social Services, and the "gang unit" for Los Angeles County, and Producer for a number of biographical and documentary news programs, including Catherine Crier Live, Court TV, 2004; E! True Hollywood Story: Ginger Lynn, 2002, shares her thoughts on "THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AMERICA TODAY"
Houston's Premier Law Firms" Series - Featuring Fred Hagans
An exclusive, in depth and inside look at one of America's and Houston's Premier Law Firms & Trial Lawyers featuring Fred Hagans, founder of Hagans Burdine Montgomery Rustay Winchester. Fred discusses some of his and the firm's outstanding cases and their dedicated philosophy of providing exceptional, aggressive legal representation to individuals and businesses that have been injured in some way, whether by physical harm or through damage to property, commercial, or economic interests. Since the founding of his firm, Fred and his partners have been providing superior legal representation to individuals and businesses that have been seriously injured due to the negligent or wrongful acts of others. They have obtained more than $1.5 Billion in recoveries on behalf of their clients. They work hard to live up to their reputation as one of the Preeminent law firms in the United States. In so doing they have built a reputation for aggressiveness, honesty, and trustworthiness that is rare in any profession.
Fred has been trying cases, for both plaintiffs and defendants, since 1972. He began his career with the Houston-based firm, Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin. Fred is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and in Civil Trial Law and is a member of several organizations of trial attorneys, notably, the American Board of Trial Advocates and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He has served on several committees for the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association. They include the District 4-B Grievance Committee, the Supreme Court on Professionalism Committee, the Texas Lawyers Creed Committee, and the Texas Supreme Court Task Force Committee for the revision of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. He has served as a Special Assistant in the State Bar of Texas Disciplinary Counsel program. He has given many speeches and written many publications pertaining to various issues in trial law. Fred has been appointed to the Judiciary Relations Committee of the State Bar of Texas for the term of 2004-2007. In addition to serving in these Bar-related activities, Fred has served as the Past President of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Hagans Burdine Montgomery Rustay & Winchester handles civil litigation for both commercial claims and personal injury. In the commercial litigation area, they have successfully handled cases involving intellectual property, contract disputes, insurance coverage and bad faith, shareholder disputes, and employment related disputes. In the personal injury area, they have successfully handled cases involving personal injury and wrongful death where the claims involve product liability, product failures and defects, workplace injuries, vehicle collisions, railroad crossings, and medical malpractice. They have also successfully handled cases involving legal malpractice and defamation.
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