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Warren Redlich

Posted on January 23, 2018
If you're looking for photos or images of Warren Redlich, we have the latest here. When Warren is not working as a Realtor or attorney, he's living life. Here's a brief gallery. Warren Redlich is a man on the move. In this case moving while he's supposed to be still for a photo...

Carmelo Laquidara for Rensselaer District Attorney

Posted on June 19, 2014
The Albany Lawyer has been quite for a while. Moving to Florida will do that to a guy. But today we learned that Carmelo Laquidara is running for District Attorney of Rensselaer County. I've dealt with Carm in his roles as a prosecutor, defense lawyer and judge...

Google Canonical Quirk?

Posted on January 23, 2014
How well does Google handle the canonical tag? We just found a quirk that makes us wonder. Here's what piqued our interest - we noticed some landing pages in our Google Analytics that were not consistent with our url structure. Check the image below: As you can see, two of our top landing pages appear twice under slightly different urls...

Paul Anthony Ciancia: LAX Shooter

Posted on November 03, 2013
The hot story of the week is the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport. The authorities have accused Paul Anthony Ciancia of being the shooter. There are some holes in the story. We'll see how this one turns out.

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DUI Book - July 4th Sale

Posted on June 30, 2013
The Albany Lawyer's new book is on sale this week. Fair DUI: Stay safe and sane in a world gone MADD includes practical strategies to avoid drinking and driving, advice on how to handle police encounters, and policy suggestions to protect the innocent and make our roads safer...

DUI Book Now on Kindle

Posted on June 24, 2013
Warren's DUI book is now available on Kindle. The paperback is coming soon. If you're on a budget, we suggest waiting until June 30th, when the book will go on sale for a few days. Keep track of the book on the Fair DUI website.

DUI Book

Posted on May 11, 2013
A new DUI book is coming soon from Albany lawyer Warren Redlich. The working title is "Fair DUI ? How To Protect Yourself From The MADDness". In the book, Warren challenges some of the ideas pushed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The main focus is advising people how to avoid driving drunk, and how to handle yourself in traffic stops, arrests, and what do to after you're released...

iPhone Shuffle Repeats Same Song: The Fix

Posted on May 04, 2013
A friend was experiencing a really annoying problem with her iPhone. She would hit shuffle within a playlist or album. Instead of shuffling the songs on that list, it would repeat the first song over and over. Took me a while to figure it out, but I found the problem and how to fix it...

Florida School Parking Lots and Concealed Carry

Posted on April 26, 2013
[L]icensed parents can legally carry a concealed weapon in the car during [school] pickup and drop-off [but cannot] carry a concealed weapon into a school building and not even ... outside the vehicle in the school parking lot. Read more at: Florida School Parking Lots and Concealed Carry

Suffolk County Traffic Court

Posted on March 20, 2013
Suffolk County's traffic tickets will be handled in a new Suffolk County Traffic Court, effective April 1, 2013. In the past, cases were handled in Suffolk County Traffic Violations Bureau, an arm of the DMV. The new court is under the auspices of the county...

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith Indictment Should Be Dismissed

Posted on March 08, 2013
Bin Laden's brother-in-law has been indicted and is being held on the charge of conspiring to kill Americans. Having reviewed the indictment, it should be dismissed. Why? The caption of the indictment first: "Conspiracy to Kill US Nationals" - Got that? Next, the important part of the indictment is where it describes his "Overt Acts": Let's get this straight: 1...

Cuomo Limits Speeding Ticket Deals

Posted on January 23, 2013
Governor Andrew Cuomo is on the warpath again, this time against speeding tickets. Or so it would seem. This morning I got a panicked call from a lawyer friend, who read this article: Speeding Ticket Plea Plan on Fast Track, in the Times Union. The article gave at least some the impression that there would no longer be deals on speeding tickets in local traffic courts...

Why the Cuomo Gun Ban Violates the Second Amendment

Posted on January 15, 2013
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo's new gun control, the so-called SAFE Act (Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act), is unconstitutional. I'll explain in some detail below, but in short the new law flies directly in the face of the purpose of the Second Amendment...

Dennis Drue: The Rush to Judgment

Posted on December 08, 2012
A few days ago I got a call about a drunk driving case. Early in the conversation I realized this was going to be different. This was actually about the Northway accident that killed two Shenendehowa students. The caller was a 16-year-old girl from a nearby town...

Book Review

Posted on October 05, 2012
Just a quick pointer to my recent Book Review of Rand Paul: Government Bullies.

NY DWI Repeat Offenders: New DMV Rules in 2012

Posted on October 04, 2012
In my previous post I covered the phony emergency and bureaucratic end run in the new NY DMV DWI rules. Now let's get into the meat of the new rules, all of which can be seen on the DMV Proposed Rules page (for now). Update: A number of people have called me asking what they can do about their situation...

New DMV Rules for Repeat DWI: A Phony Emergency

Posted on October 04, 2012
The New York DMV has issued a new set of proposed rules affecting repeat DWI cases. This received a brief splash of coverage in the media, such as Casey Seiler's article in the Times Union. This has an impact on anyone convicted of a DWI offense who has a prior offense within the past 25 years...

DirecTV Customer Service and NFL Sunday Ticket

Posted on September 19, 2012
I had an angry experience with DirecTV this morning. Before I get into the details I have to say in retrospect that by comparison to other experiences I've had (such as Time Warner Cable Phone Support), they did pretty good. But only by comparison. How did this start? This summer after problems with Hotwire Communications TV service in Boca Raton, we decided to keep using DirecTV and reviewed

Time Warner Cable Phone Support: Prognosis Negative

Posted on September 16, 2012
In my previous post I described my initial problems and experience with Time Warner Cable Live Chat. That was only the beginning. The chat session ended with "Ben" (not his real Indian name) referring me to my "local support" team. He did not provide me with a direct phone number, but rather a web address...

Time Warner Cable Live Chat: Pathetic

Posted on September 16, 2012
My mother's Time Warner Cable (RoadRunner) e-mail stopped working today. Their website heavily promotes their Live Chat support option. It was terrible, and the subsequent phone adventure may actually be worse (it continues as I type). Cable providers are, of course, notorious for poor customer service...

Congratulations to Phil Steck

Posted on September 15, 2012
We'd like to congratulate Phil Steck on his victory in the recent Democratic primary for Assembly. In celebration, we have updated our website about him and expect to add more over time. We're especially excited about incorporating the latest news and blog posts about him on the Phil Steck News page...

Soares Beats Kindlon

Posted on September 13, 2012
Based on election results reported so far by the Albany County Board of Elections, it appears that David Soares has soundly defeated Lee Kindlon the primary for District Attorney. As of 10:23 pm, Soares is ahead 57% to 40%, with over half the precincts reporting...

Lee Kindlon for Albany DA

Posted on September 08, 2012
The campaign for Albany County District Attorney is a big deal. David Soares has been DA since defeating Paul Clyne in the 2004 election. Lee Kindlon, son of prominent defense lawyer Terry Kindlon and an experienced lawyer himself, is running against him in the September 13 Democratic primary election...

Spooky Search Engine Stuff: Flowers on Google

Posted on August 31, 2012
I had a spooky (or perhaps creepy) moment today doing a simple Google search. I searched for "flowers" because I want to buy flowers for a family member's birthday. Some of the results were what I expected - the sponsored links (paid ads) and the top links were online florists...

Ron Artest Battery (Metta World Peace)

Posted on April 25, 2012
Ron Artest should be charged with battery after a vicious elbow to the head of James Harden. Below is a video of it: The sports news media has been obsessed with the incident and the question of how long of a suspension Artest, aka Metta World Peace, would face from the NBA...

Zillow Showcase Ads: Are their numbers fudged?

Posted on March 26, 2011
In putting our house on the market (Guilderland House for Sale), I posted information on a number of real estate websites. My first choice was Zillow, because I like the site myself, including the Zillow iPhone app.One of the things I decided to try on Zillow is Showcase Ads...

Certificate of Relief from Disabilities

Posted on March 16, 2011
Our firm played a small part in the case of Figel v. Dwyer. We were hired as local counsel by Attorney John Chambers. He handles pistol licensing cases in NYC. He did all the paperwork, taking my suggestions into account, and we appeared in front of Judge Dwyer in Bethlehem Town Court...

Judges Who Understand

Posted on March 16, 2011
It's been a rough morning. A small child woke us up repeatedly last night. I had (and have) a dull headache and mild nausea.I did manage to get to Court on time, stopping at the office to pick up the file, where I noticed that certain documents were missing...

Selling Your House: Hire an agent?

Posted on March 14, 2011
We decided to sell our house ourselves (Guilderland Real Estate). We did think about hiring a real estate agent, and I talked to a friend who is one before making the decision.There are some key issues in making this kind of decision. First you have to consider yourself, and second you have to consider the agent...

Guilderland Real Estate

Posted on March 09, 2011
Looking for Guilderland real estate?Yes, the Albany Lawyer is selling his house. Where will he go? Time will tell. We're thinking about an undisclosed location with Dick Cheney. But I'm not going hunting with him.