Sexual Assault Cases in Colleges and Universities
I handle sexual assault and misconduct cases at colleges and universities throughout the country. I was recently asked to help train faculty , staff and students from a consortium of Maryland colleges and universities how to handle sexual assault cases on campus. I provided the defense point of view. My presentation outline is below. […]
Read More »Sucessfully Fighting Driving While Intoxicated Charges
SUCCESSFULLY FIGHTING A DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED CASE I recently tried, and won, a driving while intoxicated case in the District Court. Every good criminal defense lawyer examines the facts of every case to see if it is defensible before ever considering a plea. In this case I had a client from out […]
Read More »Strategies to Attack Expulsion and Suspension Hearings
Since the sanctions against students for sometimes even minor behavior are so Draconian, I have often been able to successfully argue that if school, faculty and staff do not precisely follow the system’s own rules, charges against a student cannot be upheld. For example, in reaction to numerous cases where I successfully challenged expulsions and […]
Read More »Team One Towson Swims in Memory and in Honor of Judge S. Ann Brobst
“There are tears in the nature of things and all things doomed to die touch the heart.” “If we waited for perfect people to be speakers for the dead, all funerals would be conducted in silence.” “But if pressed to say goodbye, that final word On which even the strongest can stumble, I am not […]
Read More »Purple Swim 2013 in memory of Ann Brobst
Posted by Carl R. Gold on June 24, 2013 at 10:42am The longer I practice law in Baltimore County, the more joy I get from the collegiality of my Bar Association colleagues. In so many ways we are one big family. To paraphrase John Donne, no one is an island. Each of us is a part of […]
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