Kendall Coffey sat down with NBC 6 to chat about working with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Coffey is a part of several South Florida legal circles and he had the opportunity to work with Kavanaugh on the Elian Gonzalez case. When asked what type of person Kavanaugh is, Coffey stated that he is super …
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Kendall Coffey Speaks About Working with Brett Kavanaugh on Elián González Case
With the news breaking about Brett Kavanaugh being a Supreme Court Justice nominee, Kendall Coffey sat down with 7News to chat about Kavanaugh’s impact on several South Florida cases. Prior to being a Supreme Court Justice nominee, Kavanaugh was a federal appeals court judge and an attorney who worked on many high-profile cases connected to …
read moreKendall Coffey Shares Secrets to Being a Successful Businessman
In an interview with Miami Me Magazine, former Federal Prosecutor of the Southern District of Florida, Kendall Coffey shared his secrets to being a successful businessman and investor in the United States. Coffey says that there are always people looking for legal assistance to solve complex issues. He added that you need to possess some …
read moreSpinning Wheels: The Television Interview
Attorney at law, legal analyst, high stakes litigator, and former U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey discusses the importance of the television interview for law spinners. Television interviews can be a great forum for getting a message to the public. But they sometimes offer pain as well as gain because, in many ways, the broadcast venue is …
read moreA Media Primer for Spinners: Silence is Golden, Especially When Required
Kendall Coffey is a former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and founding member of Coffey Burlington, PL. Learn more about his expertise in law on his personal website: http://kendallcoffey.com/ With legal news, as with diets, some of the most delicious tidbits are off-limits. In fact, some laws make it a federal crime …
read moreSelective Prosecution: Illegal or Just Unfair?
This is an excerpt from Spinning the Law by Kendall Coffey. The full book is available for purchase on Amazon here. So-called selective prosecution is only illegal if a defendant is singled out for a purpose that is itself wrongful, such as discrimination based on race, gender, or political or religious affiliation. Like claims of a …
read moreDefense of Insanity: Overly Successful or Overrated?
This is an excerpt from Spinning the Law by Kendall Coffey. The full book is available for purchase on Amazon here. Even for defendants who are mentally ill, the legal defense of insanity is rarely successful – especially since the laws changed in the wake of the insanity-based acquittal of John Hinkley Jr., President Reagan’s attempted …
read morePop Law: Do Celebrities Get Special Treatment?
This is an excerpt from Spinning the Law by Kendall Coffey. The full book is available for purchase on Amazon here. The public usually assumes that celebrities receive preferential treatment at every turn in criminal cases, as well as in civil proceedings. Their lawyers tell a different story. The one point of agreement is that celebrities, …
read moreWhen Sports and the Law Collide
When most of us catch the game on TV, we aren’t really thinking about all the legal issues surrounding sports. We’re just hoping to unwind with our favorite team. In reality, however, the law extends into athletics just as much as anywhere else. For sports-loving, would-be lawyers, that makes for a great opportunity. After all, …
read moreCould Pokemon Go Cause You to Break the Law?
Pokemon Go is one of the first augmented reality games to gain national notoriety and be played avidly by the general public. Pokemon Go lays down its own content over a Google Maps program. This allows the players to walk around through the Pokemon Go map on their phone while walking around in the real …
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