People v. State

In my last post I held up Lysander Spooner (1808-1887) as the historical figure who most exemplifies my own highest aspirations as a lawyer: to stand up for other people’s natural rights as well as my own, without undue regard for personal welfare, in the teeth of the moneyed establishment, popular prejudice, and politician-made “law.”

Who today best exemplifies this ideal? Not Gerry Spence. IMHO, it’s J. Tony Serra, high-powered criminal defense attorney, pauper, scofflaw, and ex-con.