Tracy Tiernan - June 10, 2024 - Criminal Defense
The world that the graduating class of 2024 is growing up in is very different from the one their parents knew when they were young. One of the many differences is that financial catastrophe lurks around every corner, to the point that many high schools offer personal finance classes. Some of the lessons may catch […]
Tracy Tiernan - May 27, 2024 - Criminal Defense
In movies, antiheroes elude police until the final firefight or escape across the border to Mexico. While this is all plenty exciting on the silver screen, what you want in your own criminal case is an anticlimactic ending. You may be correct that you did not do anything wrong, but defendants in criminal cases get […]
Tracy Tiernan - February 15, 2024 - Criminal Defense
If you are on trial in criminal court, then the level of certainty that matters is “beyond a reasonable doubt.” The jury must acquit you if they think that you might be guilty as long as they have reasonable doubt about your guilt. Likewise, in civil lawsuits, the outcome depends on whether a preponderance of […]