by Scott Holmes | Mar 20, 2011 | Criminal Law, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
As a Quaker, I practice historic testimonies for peace and simplicity. In addition to the Quaker testimonies for peace and simplicity, there is the testimony of integrity. Historically this testimony was expressed as a fierce determination to tell the truth, and a...
by Scott Holmes | Mar 19, 2011 | Civil Rights, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
I have represented female police officers fighting for equal treatment at work, gay and lesbian victims of hate crimes, an African American family chased at gun point by a member of the KKK, persons with mental health problems arrested and tasered without cause,...
by Scott Holmes | Mar 16, 2011 | Criminal Law, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
The spiritual opportunities that arise as I work as a trial lawyer have not always been clear to me, and they continue to unfold before me as I zigzag across the path of my calling. Matthew 25:35 speaks to this calling: For I was hungry and you gave me something to...
by Scott Holmes | Mar 8, 2011 | Criminal Law, Society, Politics and Religion, Spirituality and the Practice of Law
We recently won a case in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, It is encouraging to see a higher Court acknowledge and remember the purpose of our Constitutional protections against police misconduct. “Moreover, we are deeply troubled by the way in which the...
