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County Line

By Shawn Matlock

As a general rule, I don't take cases outside of Tarrant County. The exception to that rule is that I will take federal cases pretty much anywhere. But for the most part, I don't go to other counties. This is true not just for Dallas County, but for the other surrounding Metroplex counties as well. I don't go to Dallas because it tends to be a circus. Practicing in Tarrant County has spoiled me, so I find the extra "work" that has to be done in Dallas a little unnecessary. I like Dallas. I like the "big city." But I don't like to have to drive over there to take care of things. As for the other counties, there really a different reason. Basically, I don't play well there. I grew up in a "smallish" town, so I understand how small town justice works...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on February 19, 2008 (boomark / email).