Brad

Lawyer in Chicago (appellate public criminal defense). Adjunct Professor of Legal Writing @DePaulLaw. Views my own.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Oh you want grandchildren? I’m sorry but I’ve had three hour-long sobbing breakdowns because my dog has to have incredibly safe, very minor surgery on his ear flap tomorrow. And you want me to rear a human baby? Be so for real.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Would love them to tackle the stop-taking-the-most-unreasonable-position-possible-in-Illinois-Supreme-Court--criminal-cases unit first.

[Colin Miller @EvidenceProf]

This is big! "Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announces statewide Conviction Integrity Unit": https://t.co/8Yadt51R1T

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

My most old-man-shakes-fist-at-sky belief is that we have met and vastly exceeded the point of diminishing safety returns on the brightness of car headlights.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Yes, I'm definitely able to focus today and writing this brief is definitely going great.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

So I should definitely get gay-married now before he appoints 2+ 40-something homophobes to the Court, right?

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Fresh out of despair, could I interest you in some unadorned nihilism?

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Well I guess the people that were predicting a blowout were kinda right...

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

9th in line! But I locked myself out when I left and it’s raining so you win some, you lose some.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Was gonna early vote at the Chicago super site but the line was too long for my hour lunch (yay!), so looks like a crack-of-dawn Election Day vote for me (boo!).

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Was gonna early vote at the Chicago super site but the line was too long for my hour lunch (yay!), so looks like a crack-of-dawn Election Day vote for me (boo!).

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

I need people who sign up to judge moot court competitions to not do that if they're just going to back out week of.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Accepting the amicus appointment in Glossip? Embarrassing behavior.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Wicked opening weekend tickets: secured.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

As one of the ALA Moot Court Committee co-chairs, I can confirm we are still looking for dozens of judges! Even if you’re not an ALA member (and brief graders don’t even have to be from the Chicago area)!

[Jack Leyhane @JackLeyhane]

ALA (@AppLawAssoc) looking for judges AND sponsors for November Moot Court competition https://t.co/oFtY8P3URt

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

@PJSobkowski Indeed it is!

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

I should be allowed to argue that any witness who uses “catty-corner” in their testimony is inherently not credible.

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

@BrawiHere

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Do other appellate courts do end-of-quarter dispo dumps, or is the Illinois Appellate Court unique(ly problematic) in this regard?

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

@subnominenat Yes, please let’s!

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

Omg got a petition for leave to appeal granted today. Taking my first trip to the Illinois Supreme Court, y'all!

[Brad @BradAbsurdum]

@civilrightsJD Thank you! The case raises two questions about the proper remedy when the appellate court finds error in proceedings restoring a criminal defendant to fitness.