"Just News" Publications
Enlightening articles covering a wide range of topics and cases written by each of our present and past principal partners. Articles are archived in chronological order.
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| Title | Date | Author | Category |
| Miranda Lives | 2011 | Monte E. Hester | General Law |
| What is the Meaning of Invalid | 2011 | Wayne C. Fricke | General Law |
| Crafford's Next Impact | 2011 | Lance M. Hester | General Law |
| Child Abuse Defense | 2011 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| Always Check the Statute | 2011 | Casey Arbenz | General Law |
| A Red Herring - Or Worse | 2009 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Armed and Dangerous - or Just "Armed?" | 2009 | Casey Arbenz | General Law |
| Bail in a Federal Case | 2009 | Brett A. Purtzer | Corporate & Government Liability |
| Cat's Out of the Bag | 2009 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Conditions of Release | 2008 | Brett A. Purtzer | General Law |
| Decline Hearing, After Trial | 2008 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| He said he did it. Did he? | 2008 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Missing Witness Abuse | 2008 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Pierce County Criminal Protocols | 2008 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| Right to a Speedy Trial | 2008 | Brett A. Purtzer | General Law |
| Smell Test Stinks | 2008 | Monte E. Hester | Motor Vehicles |
| Vacations Constitutionally Denied | 2008 | Wayne C. Fricke | Employment |
| When Rearraignment Doesn't Really Change the Charge | 2008 | Lance M. Hester | Criminal Law |
| An Arrow for the Quiver | 2007 | Monte E. Hester | General Law |
| Brady Lives | 2007 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Claim Filing Amendment | 2007 | Brett A. Purtzer | Corporate & Government Liability |
| Corpus Delicti Rule Revisited | 2007 | Brett A. Purtzer | Motor Vehicles |
| False Reporting | 2007 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Judging Judge Threats | 2007 | Lance M. Hester | Motor Vehicles |
| Predicting One's Own Death | 2007 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Reality of Police Power | 2007 | Lance M. Hester | Civil Rights |
| Vindictive Prosecution in the Ninth Circuit | 2007 | Brett A. Purtzer | Civil Rights |
| You Win Some You Lose Some | 2007 | Wayne C. Fricke | General Law |
| A Deal is A Deal | 2006 | Wayne C. Fricke | General Law |
| Davis Update | 2006 | Lance M. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Expert | 2006 | Lance M. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Experts Love This One | 2006 | Monte E. Hester | General Law |
| Manifestly Unreasonable | 2006 | Monte E. Hester | Criminal Law |
| Mental Defense Primer | 2006 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| Prior Testimony Admitted in Retrial | 2006 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Remand of Recuenco | 2006 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| RPC Update | 2006 | Brett A. Purtzer | General Law |
| Rule of Completeness | 2006 | Brett A. Purtzer | Litigation Support |
| The Conscience of a Jury is Alive | 2006 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Tribunals | 2006 | Wayne C. Fricke | Civil Rights |
| Whate Are They Thinking | 2006 | Monte E. Hester | Civil Rights |
| When a Theft is Not a Robbery | 2006 | Lance M. Hester | Criminal Law |
| Who Can Just Say No | 2006 | Lance M. Hester | General Law |
| Witness Unavailability by Coercion | 2006 | Wayne C. Fricke | General Law |
| A Request Unheeded | 2005 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Aggravatingly Ineffective | 2005 | Lance M. Hester | Criminal Law |
| Andres Retroactive Application | 2005 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| Booker Blakely Update | 2005 | Brett A Purtzer/Lance M. Hester | Criminal Law |
| Civil Rights Divested and Restored | 2005 | Wayne C. Fricke | Civil Rights |
| Crawford and 911 Tapes | 2005 | Brett A. Purtzer | Civil Rights |
| Deadly Weapon Enhancement Shot Down | 2005 | Monte E. Hester | Criminal Law |
| Expanded Use of ER Evidence | 2005 | Brett A. Purtzer | Litigation Support |
| Fourth Amendment Applies to Individuals Facing Trial | 2005 | Wayne C. Fricke | Civil Rights |
| Juveniles Are Still Not Entitled to Jury Trials | 2005 | Kenneth W. Banlford | Criminal Law |
| Publicans Prevail | 2005 | Monte E. Hester | Criminal Law |
| Spin on Apprendi and Blakely | 2005 | Monte E. Hester | Criminal Law |
| Time for High Tech Reasoning | 2005 | Lance M. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Who am I | 2005 | Brett A. Purtzer | Litigation Support |
| Alford Stops Estoppel | 2004 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Attorney-Client Privilege vs Ineffective Assistance of Counsel | 2004 | Brett A. Purtzer | General Law |
| Bad Prosecutor | 2004 | Monte E. Hester | Criminal Law |
| BIAS is Not Harmless | 2004 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Don't Come Knocking With a Civil Arrest Warrant | 2004 | Monte E. Hester | Civil Rights |
| Exceptional Sentences Unconstitutional | 2004 | Brett A. Purtzer | Civil Rights |
| Federal Sentencing | 2004 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Felony Murder Update | 2004 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| Hurry Up and Wait | 2004 | Lance M. Hester | General Law |
| Non-custodial Arrest Suppressed | 2004 | Lance M. Hester | Motor Vehicles |
| One Too Many | 2004 | Wayne C. Fricke | Litigation Support |
| Statler v. State From I-5 to Ident | 2004 | Lance M. Hester | General Law |
| Bail Able | 2003 | Lance M. Hester | Civil Rights |
| Don't waive or it's bye bye | 2003 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| DUIs and State v. Shaffer | 2003 | Brett A. Purtzer | Motor Vehicles |
| Freedom of Choice | 2003 | Wayne C. Fricke | Litigation Support |
| Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow | 2003 | Monte E. Hester | Civil Rights |
| Not One in the Same | 2003 | Wayne C. Fricke | Criminal Law |
| Put This in Your Pipe | 2003 | Monte E. Hester | Civil Rights |
| Recent Cases of Interest | 2003 | Brett A. Purtzer | Litigation Support |
| Representing the Absent Client | 2003 | Brett A. Purtzer | Litigation Support |
| Say No To Poly | 2003 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
| Tea Time & the 9mm Glock | 2003 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| The Future of Firearm Enhancements | 2003 | Brett A. Purtzer | Criminal Law |
| Claims Against Public Entities | 2002 | Wayne C. Fricke | Corporate & Government Liability |
| Piercing Qualified Immunity | 2002 | Brett A. Purtzer | Civil Rights |
| Pursed Purse | 2002 | Monte E. Hester | Motor Vehicles |
| Tailored Testimony, Tailored Closing | 2002 | Lance M. Hester | Litigation Support |
| The Garrity Guarantee | 2002 | Monte E. Hester | Litigation Support |
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