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Best Lawyer Lead Gen Yet: Advertise Next to your Mugshot!

March 22nd, 2013. By AbiK

Why try to brush that bad rap under the carpet when you can capitalize on it—by serving ads for your law firm up to it!

Well, it probably wasn’t the intent of Florida attorney Thomas Lewis Edwards. Heck, he had nothing to do with it really—just a matter of whatever ad company he’s using serving up ads based on web searches for his name.

See, Edwards had the misfortune of being criminally charged with drunk driving and allegedly involved in a hit-and-run accident. Not usually good PR for an attorney. (Note: Edwards is criminal defense attorney.) And, after he posed for the in-house photographer—styled in emerald green stripes (a look that not everyone can pull off, mind you), his mugshot made it online.

From there, thanks to the logic built into the ad server, voila—the ad for his law firm appeared right next to his mugshot. Needless to say, once picked up by Gawker, Reddit and ABA Journal, it went viral. Talk about an endorsement!

The one who’s not mentioned in this but who sort of reaps some collateral damage out of it is Edwards’ partner, Geoffrey Mason. Guessing there were a couple of awkward moments and closed-door sessions at the firm once the screenshot went viral.

According to the Gainesville Sun, upon being asked about the irony of the situation, Mason took in stride and replied, “It is what it is.”

Yeah, it is.

Tags: Car Accident, Criminal Defense, Drunk Driving, DUI, DWI, Lawyer Lawsuit, Thomas Lewis Edwards
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Ted Nugent, Dokken Drummer Arrested in Golf Cart

July 17th, 2012. By AbiK

Ted Nugent drummer and founding member of 80’s heavy metal band Dokken, Mick Brown was arrested last week after he was seen driving drunk in a golf cart. A golf cart he allegedly stole no less.

There’s something sad about this image, of course, if you reflect upon Brown once being atop a Kenworth 18-wheeler banging out “It’s Not Love” in a Dokken video circa 1985—now juxtaposed with the gleeful mug shot of him published circa July 8, 2012 (see pic above, compliments of Bangor, ME police). Brown is now 55. Party on.

Apparently, Ted Nugent was playing a gig in Bangor, ME with Styx (“Laaady…when you’re with me I’m smiling…”) and REO Speedwagon (“…and I’m gonna keep on lovin’ youuu…”). Afterward Brown allegedly took the opportunity to snag a golf cart (whose who knows?) and start tooling around a bit recklessly on a “foot path”.  After security officers got a tip about Brown’s joyride, they tried to stop Brown. He, however, allegedly sped past them and also shoved one of the officers.

According to the LA Times, Brown was finally stopped in his golf cart tracks and he was booked on the following charges: operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, driving to endanger, theft and assault. Brown was released on $4,000 bail.

The Times article also notes damage to two traffic cones—as mentioned in the official police report. Here’s the excerpt: “Officer Jordan reported that about a minute later he observed the golf cart with two women also on board near the Railroad Street grade crossing… No damage was reported to the cart although two traffic cones were damaged, one still under the cart, significantly so.”

At press time, no word on the cones’ condition. Or if Brown is still looking as giddy as he does here.

Tags: Bangor ME, Dokken, Drummer, Drunk Driving, DUI, DWI, Golf Cart, Heavy Metal, Mick Brown, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Ted Nugent
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But Occifer, it’s Magic! And so it’s Tortelicious…

February 3rd, 2010. By LucyC

Welcome to Totally Tortelicious—a review of some of the more bizarre lawsuits making news. Goodness knows there’s no shortage of them. 

I’ll have what he’s having…A 49 year-old Oregon man is suing Idaho police for $25,000 alleging that they destroyed the mystical powers of a medicine bag he had with him, when the police opened it during his arrest for drunken driving. Apparently, the bag had been blessed by a medicine woman in 1995 and had remained closed ever since. (I’m not sure I’d want to open it after all that time…) The bag was supposed to provide him with protection. Personally, I’d be suing the medicine woman for providing a defective product. 

So this fellow was pulled over while riding his Harley, and apparently blew a blood alcohol level of 0.16. FYI—0.08 is legally drunk, and 0.16—according to generally accepted guidelines established by Radford University in 1996—is associated with “Emotional instability; loss of critical judgment, impairment of perception, memory and comprehension, decreased senses; prolonged reaction time…etc. In this case, I would add delusional to that list…Speaking of which, what is his lawyer drinking? 

Polly Want a Chocolate? A 19-year old Scottish man was sentenced to a weekend in the clanger, and ordered to buy his grandmother a box of chocolates as an apology for threatening his gran’s parrot. 

Stefan McKinsely apparently attacked the parrot’s cage because, he said, it was interrupting his sleep. His gran tells a different story, however, claiming that her grandson was intoxicated. She did the right thing and called the police at the sociable hour of 2:34 in the morning. No wonder the parrot was pissed. 

In fact, he’s probably, the only creature who actually did know what was going on and decided to sing… (Ok. That was bad…) 

Curb Your Enthusiasm…A woman who was getting into the spirit of Jefferson’s birthday, albeit in her own way—dancing away to tunes on her headphones at the  Jefferson memorial—was arrested for her show of enthusiasm. 

Mary Oberwetter was part of a group of 17 people who were dancing, silently, around midnight on April 12, 2008 at the memorial when they were told to stop by a National Park Service officer. She was charged, but the charges, goodness only knows what they were, were dropped. 

But Mary sued the Park Service, claiming that her rights to free expression had been violated. Not so, according to a US district judge, who said that the memorial is not a public forum where people can dance—no matter how quietly.   

I have to admit  if I wanted to go out dancing, the Jefferson Memorial would not be my first pick, I don’t think it’s licensed…

Tags: DUI, DWI, Harley, Idaho, Jefferson Memorial, Oregon, Tortelicious
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