by design | Oct 4, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan One of the weirdly titled laws in Tennessee is the, “Implied Consent” statute. What in the world is implied consent? Implied consent means that by operating a vehicle on the roadways of Tennessee you have “implied your consent” to have your...
by design | Sep 12, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan If you are watching a lawyer movie or tv show, there may be some criminal who has confessed to their crimes and is ready to testify against the crime kingpin. Then, right before the trial, someone gets to the witness and all of a sudden the...
by design | Aug 30, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When someone is on trial for a criminal charge, one thing they may not realize is that the only job the jury has is to determine whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty (murder cases are the one exception to this). After the jury finds the...
by design | Aug 23, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan When I am meeting with clients and we are discussing their case, I am often assailed with questions that start with, “well, what if this happens?” and “what if they do this?” and “what do I do if they do XYZ?” I do my best to answer the clients’...
by design | Aug 15, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Jedidiah McKeehan A man went to see a lawyer seeking an answer to a legal problem he was facing. After listening to the man’s problem, the lawyer, sitting in his office, surrounded by bookshelves filled with row after row of legal books, said, “I will tell you the...
by design | Aug 9, 2021 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan There is a great scene at the beginning of the movie “Lincoln Lawyer” where Matthew McConaughey’s character, Mickey Haller, is appearing in court on behalf of a criminal defendant who has not yet paid all of the money he owes to Haller. Haller...
