Category Archives: Defense Strategy
Young Love or Sex Offense?
The “rules” regulating sex between teens, tweens and young adults are often unknown or unclear to the very minors they aim to protect. 14 and 16-year old sex is legal and 14 and 17-year old sex is illegal. Such distinctions are arbitrary, especially in the eyes of developing teens, if they are aware of… Read More »
Defending the Non-Citizen Client
Our Mark C. Cogan, P.C. law office frequently represents clients who are not citizens of the United States. Some of our clients were born abroad, yet have lived in the United States since they were small, and consider this their home. Others immigrated to the United States as students or came legally to this… Read More »
Top 10 Factors To select Your Criminal Defense lawyer Or Attorney
A criminal defense attorney must be intelligent and expert in the subtleties of criminal law. There are many law schools in this country. Some enjoy national reputations; others are known only in a particular locality. The law schools with a national reputation tend to be more selective than local or regional law schools. If… Read More »
Civil Compromise
Posted December/14/2009 CIVIL COMPROMISE CAN BE A GREAT ROUTE TO PREVENT CRIMINAL PROSECUTION Oregon law offers a framework for a resourceful defense attorney and a pragmatic client to accomplish dismissal of a criminal charge, even where the prosecuting attorney objects to the case being dismissed. In a situation where the criminal charge encompasses alleged… Read More »
Why do i need an attorney?
Some people feel it is unnecessary to hire a Portland criminal defense lawyer because they believe they are innocent and procuring legal representation is not needed. The fallacy with this way of thinking is that, in our adversarial legal system, the only way that people can be assured of having their rights protected is when… Read More »
