Dallas Criminal Lawyer – David Finn

HOUSTON — R. Allen Stanford’s relationship with the chief regulator of his Antigua bank was closer than most.

James M. Davis, Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer, leaving court on Thursday with his wife, Lori, and lawyer, David Finn.

At a meeting in 2003, they became blood brothers, cutting their wrists and mixing their blood in a “brotherhood ceremony� that Mr. Stanford’s chief financial officer said promoted an elaborate scheme to hide a multibillion-dollar fraud from American and other regulators.

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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
Texas Lawyer
August 31, 2009
After pleading guilty on Aug. 27 to three criminal charges that could put him in prison for 30 years, James M. Davis, the former chief financial officer for Stanford Financial Group and Stanford International Bank Ltd., expressed remorse for his actions that contributed to the downfall of the bank [...]

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http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-04-09/news/sec-says-texas-financier-sir-allen-stanford-swindled-investors-out-of-billions/

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
ROBERT SORICH, TIMOTHY McCARTHY, AND PATRICK SLATTERY
v.
UNITED STATES

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

No. 08–410. Decided February 23, 2009

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

McNally v. United States, 483 U. S. 350 (1987), this Court held that [...]

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For the second time in less than a week, the Supreme Court has summarily reversed a federal appeals court for failing to strictly follow post-Booker sentencing law. 
In Nelson v. United States, __ S.Ct. __, 2009 WL 160585 (Jan. 26, 2009), the Court took the Fourth Circuit to task for affirming a within-guidelines sentence despite the [...]

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COALITION TO PRESERVE THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
American Chemistry Council
American Civil Liberties Union
Association of Corporate Counsel
Business Civil Liberties, Inc.
Business Roundtable
The Financial Services Roundtable
Frontiers of Freedom
Lawyers for Civil Justice
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association of Manufacturers
Retail Industry Leaders Association
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
COMPREHENSIVE REFORM STILL CRITICALLY NEEDED TO PROTECT
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND EMPLOYEE LEGAL RIGHTS
In response to growing concerns [...]

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WASHINGTON, DC — The Coalition to Preserve the Attorney-Client Privilege issued the following statement on the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation proceedings scheduled for January 15, 2009 on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., to be Attorney General of the United States:

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CRIMINAL PRACTICE IN TEXAS
STATE AND U.S. DISTRICT COURTS – A COMPARISON

by: George R. Milner, III
Milner & Finn
Dallas, Texas
www.milnerfinn.com
I. INTRODUCTION
Most attorneys will begin their careers practicing in either state or federal court, but rarely both.

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