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Sentencing Juveniles

November 15, 2018 Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Houston, TX :: November 15, 2018

Alan Nickerson on trial (2007 © Houston Chronicle)

Joint Letter to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg:

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Filed Under: press release, prosecutors Tagged With: Alan Nickerson, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, Campaign for Youth Justice, Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, Kim Ogg, Lone Star Justice Alliance, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition

HCCLA 2018 Award Winners

March 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association wishes to congratulate this year’s outstanding award recipients in the following categories: Lifetime Achievement, Lawyer of the Year, Torch of Liberty, Unsung Hero, and Mentor of the Year.  Each will be honored at the 48th HCCLA Annual Banquet during our awards presentations on May 10, 2018 at the Houston Ballroom at Bayou Place, 500 Texas Avenue, Houston, 77002. Please join us in celebrating their achievements. Make your reservations!


For more information:
HCCLA.org/banquet

Filed Under: celebrations, press release Tagged With: annual awards, banquet, civil rights corps, connie williams, damon parrish, Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, hccla, patrick mccann, Robert Fickman, sam adamo, scott pawgan, skip cornelius, susman godfrey llp, texas fair defense project

PR: 8th Annual Reading of the Declaration of Independence

June 27, 2017 Leave a Comment

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CONTACT:  Tucker Graves, HCCLA President 713-225-4273 office

8th ANNUAL READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Houston, Texas – June 27, 2017 – In celebration of Independence Day, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) is holding its 8th Annual Reading of the Declaration of Independence on Friday, June 30 at 11:30 am. This year’s event will be led by Doug Murphy, the association’s president elect, at the Criminal Justice Center, 1201 Franklin Street, Houston, Texas.

HCCLA’s reading of the Declaration is an annual tradition that was started by HCCLA Past President, Robert Fickman. This year he has organized similar readings across the state in front of over 115 local courthouses.

HCCLA continues to lead Texas with the largest gathering, boasting over 100 local attorneys, judges and Houstonians in attendance.

The Declaration of Independence is our nation’s most cherished symbol of liberty. This sacred document is the founding document of the United States, and contains within its text the fundamental truths and unalienable rights that typify and embody the American way of life: …that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Please join us in honoring our nation’s most sacred document in the spirit of independence:

When:     Friday, June 30, 2017
Where:    Harris County Criminal Justice Center
1201 Franklin Street , Houston, Texas (Front steps of the courthouse)
Time:      11:30 AM

 

The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association is the largest local criminal defense bar in the United States with more than 700 active members.

For more information about the history of the readings and photos, visit:
https://hccla.org/declaration-of-independence-reading

 

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