Every year at PADUIblog.com, we ask our loyal readers to help a choose a charity for a $500 donation from The McShane Firm. This year we have chosen three worthy charities. The polls are open now with all voting to end on December 29 at midnight. The winning charity will get a donation of $500. The…
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Are you a Gun Owner in Pennsylvania?
At The McShane Firm we are proud to stand with you while you exercise your ancient right to bear arms. Unfortunately, all too often, law abiding gun owners are targeted and arrested on various charges. We have set up a special website PennLAGO.com to help you with legal issues with respect to firearms in Pennsylvania…
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New Publication co-edited by Attorney Justin McShane
Attorney Justin J. McShane and Josh D. Lee take over the editor roles of Inside the Minds: Understanding DUI Scientific Evidence. For a long time Josh D. Lee and I have presented forensic science to thousands of lawyers and judges all over the United States. This is why when the editor position for the…
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Attorney McShane Presents at the Center for Studies of Law in Action at the University of Indiana
Attorney Justin McShane of The McShane Firm was asked to be part of the faculty at the Robert F. Borkenstein Center for Studies of Law in Action at the University of Indiana at their high level toxicologist training entitled “The Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and Behavior” held on September 22nd-26th, 2014 at the Chemical…
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Attorney TC Tanski Published in “The Pennsylvania Lawyer”
In the latest issue of The Pennsylvania Lawyer, Attorney T.C. Tanski of The McShane Firm wrote an article on the need for modernization in legal writing entitled Killing Legal Writing’s Sacred Cows. The Pennsylvania Lawyer is a feature publication of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and is one of the most widely respected legal publications in the state. Over…
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The ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist Designation
The paradigm is shifting again. Advancements in science in technology have changed every aspect of our lives. It wasn’t too long ago that we used to have telephone booths. Now mobile phones have made them relics of an ancient era. No one had a personal computer. Now, all but few have cell phones that have…
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Meet James Hugney: An Innocent Man Who has been Locked in Jail for 35 Years
Criminal justice is a human endeavor. Thus mistakes are made. Sometimes this results in innocent people getting executed or spending years in prison for a crime they simply did not commit. One such story is that of Mr. James Hugney. In 1978, a fire ripped through Hugney’s home in Harrisburg. Hugeny’s son, James Jr. suffered…
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Why there is great honor in being a criminal defense and DUI attorney
Despite being a lawyer, I still strive to be a human being. 😉 But seriously, I take cases personally. I personalize them because they aren’t just cases or case file numbers. These are real life human beings with dreams, hopes, struggles, and most important families. People often ask “How can you defend drunk drivers?” and…
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Another Example of Excellence in DUI Defense
At The McShane Firm, we don’t strive to be Good at DUI defense; we strive for Excellence. Our performance proves that. Recently, we received some great news on a case we were working on. After SIX YEARS, multiple orders for re-trials in a case that was heard at many levels in the Pennsylvania appellate system, the…
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How a Lawyer-Scientist DUI Lawyer can Help: The toxicology of the Justin Bieber case
How a Lawyer-Scientist DUI Lawyer can Help: The toxicology of the Justin Bieber case There is a large difference between a DUI lawyer and a DUI Lawyer-Scientist. As I wrote before, I am not just a lawyer, not just a defense lawyer, but a trained Lawyer-Scientist. There are not too many of us out there,…
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