Mimi Coffey | Attorney at Law

How would a cop feel if someone just took out $7,000.00 out of their paychecks (automatically deducted) just because they could and it was legal ? Highway robbery, theivery, call it what you will- BAD MORALITY. They would be pissed, suffer enormously and forever hold the burden of a bitter grudge against the entity that did it. Well, cops are doing this to nonnecessary DWI suspects. The average person in America will spend about $7k defending themselves (surcharges, fines, court costs, atty fees... this does not even account for a trial fee) because they too are being robbed. Most DWIs are people who are minding their own business, driving in nondangerous manners (speeding along with the traffic- not accidents or call ins), and cops take advantage of them because out on the side of the road they can't perform nonscientific field sobriety tests that most of the rest of the world refuses to use. Cops get pissed when the driver says they haven't drank. They get so personally ...

The Dark Age of Justice We are living in the dark ages of justice in the criminal law field. The overriding sentiments and motivators among the majority are to do anything to sustain convictions even when it means ignoring the law, our Bill of Rights and Constitution (George W. Bush said the Constitution "was just a piece of paper"). The spirit of community has been overtaken by a spirit of meanness where cops are not there to help people but to arrest them; and district attorneys can't see the greater good (some people need convictions, but many just need direction, guidance and a chance to get on a better path whereas a conviction will ruin their chances at employment to good jobs) and prevents them from supporting their families which produces more crimes). We literally live in a day and age where rapists, murderers and thieves get better treatment and options by the criminal justice system than a misdemeanor DWI who got pulled over for a broken tail light, looks and i...

What is a true leader ? Today on President’s Day, it is the perfect time to reflect on what makes a true leader. Leaders are not born. They are made. Look at the men who rose to the occasion to fight for and create the first democracy in the world ? It would have been a lot easier for them to have rested on their laurels and continued to have life made easy by the British, at the time the most powerful country in the world. Those Founders had a vision: one where the people could have a say in their own governance, a government ruled by elected people opposed to monarchies and merely the rich. They sacrificed their time, money, efforts and opportunities in hopes that something better would come from their efforts. Leaders do things that go beyond their own bottom lines and self interest. They venture out of their comfort zone to make the world a better place for others. Today, I am saddened by the 80s mentality of Wall Street greed where money is king. Twenty years after that famous mov...