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Earl Lawson told himself one thing, even as it was happening: It will all be over soon. He and his wife, Carrie, had received an urgent call after midnight claiming Lawson's father was gravely ill. They were to come to the hospital. Now. But it was a ruse. They rushed to the car, and it began.
Lawson, then 26, was born and raised in Jasper, where he joined a local firm after graduating from law school at The University of Alabama. Carrie, the daughter of a Tennessee millionaire, had also just graduated from UA's law school.
Lawson moved away from Jasper about eight months later, joining a Birmingham law firm and renting an apartment in the city. "I needed to start over. Everywhere I went in Jasper, people wanted to hug me and talk about it," he said. "I was 26 years old, and I still had to work and earn a living somehow."
Lawson, then 26, was born and raised in Jasper, where he joined a local firm after graduating from law school at The University of Alabama. Carrie, the daughter of a Tennessee millionaire, had also just graduated from UA's law school. She had taken the bar exam but disappeared never knowing she had passed.
Lawson said he managed to free himself. Because his keys were with the Explorer, he had to kick in the back door to get inside his home and call 911. Then he had to call Carrie's parents, David and Harriett Smith, in Tennessee.
Self, who was hired by Carrie Lawson's family, investigated her disappearance for a decade. (AL.com/File) The family hired private investigator W.W. "Red" Self, a former Birmingham police officer and district attorney's office investigator, a few months after the investigation and he stayed on the case until his death.
It has been 25 years since 25-year-old Carrie Smith Lawson disappeared in Walker County on Sept. 11, 1991. A quarter century since she vanished without a trace in a mystery that became one of the most talked-about missing person cases in Alabama history.
The Wirth Law Office launches the Web site for its soon to open Okmulgee office. Go to www.okmulgeeattorney.com to see.
The Wirth Law Office hires recent University of Tulsa – College of Law graduate, Chuck M. Parrish, as a legal intern. Mr. Parrish took the Oklahoma Bar Examination in July and is set to receive his results on September 10, 2010. Upon swearing in to the Oklahoma Bar Association, Mr.
The Wirth Law Office’s Wagoner office ( Wirth Law Office – Wagoner) officially opens catty-corner to the Wagoner County District Court. Wagoner resident and former Legal Aid attorney Paul J. Sowinski, Esq., is the lead attorney at the Wagoner office.
Attorney James M. Wirth appeared in court today for a client charged with writing a Bogus Check in 2001. Although, charges were filed and a warrant issued in 2003, the State of Oklahoma did not pick the defendant up to face the charges until January of 2010. The Wirth Law Office was retained on the case on July 6, 2010. Today Mr.
The Wirth Law Office scored a victory for a client today when the client received a five (5) year deferred sentence on the charge of distributing cocaine to an undercover officer.
The Wirth Law Office’s client was charged with Assault & Battery when she attempted to break-up a fight between her child and her neighbor’s child. Attorney James M. Wirth requested a trial on the matter and it was set for today at 2:00 p.m. When 2:00 p.m.
Today attorney James M. Wirth obtained a complete dismissal on all charges against a client charged with Domestic Assault and Battery. From the beginning of the criminal filing, the alleged victim did not want charges pursued.
In 1965, Partington said he was sitting in a little outpost in Kon Tum, Vietnam, trying to decide what to do with his life. He was serving as an infantryman in the U.S. Army.
Partington was a late entry into the Kealoha conspiracy case but is continuing to represent her on appeal. He has moved for a new trial on the grounds that her main lawyer in the case was ineffective.
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