Pssst....necesita un abogado en Houston?
I thought the days of Tom Zarate were behind us at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center. For everyone that does not remember Mr. Zarate he was a lawyer at the courthouse notorious for arriving early and soliciting Spanish speaking defendants that were not represented by an attorney. He would offer his services to mostly downtrodden people. A non lawyer would say what is wrong with doing that? Well the state bar of Texas states that it is unethical for a lawyer or a lawyer's representative to approach someone and offer their legal services.
I was disappointed to see that someone seems to be going the Zarate route for acquiring clients. For the second time, I have seen a man approach a non English speaking person by the elevator banks and ask them if the were represented by a lawyer. While I do not know this person or who he works for I do know that he is not an attorney because of the way he is dressed, and he merely sits in the courtroom without approaching the bench. Even though this person is only approaching Spanish speaking people it is only a matter of time before they are busted for soliciting clients and the lawyer they are representing is reprimanded.
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The snow that fell in Houston today caused most of the people at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center to be even more eager to leave earlier than usual. I had a court coordinator call me before the call of their docket at 9 a.m. to tell me that she planned on leaving early today along with the rest of the court due to the forecasted bad weather. I figured that everyone will have the same plan today since it is Friday and the roads are going to be icy. Myself, and a few of my friends had a chuckle about the city of Houston being paralyzed with a snow flurry when other cities around the country deal with this all the time without any trouble.