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Charles L. Cotton wrote:Hi Andrew:
The only reason your post isn't being deleted in total because of a violation of our non-commercial rules is because I think it is only fair that people be able to see your response to my post. It was edited to remove the blatant commercialization. That said, you can tout your CLE credit all you like, but your website statement that you are "the foremost expert in U.S. self defense law across all 50 states" is absurd. If you were licensed to practice law in Texas, you would not be allowed to include such a statement in any website in which you are identified as a practicing attorney in Texas.

Your Screen name also violates our rules, so tell me what you want to use so I can change it.

You joined the Forum in 2013 just to promote your book(s). Your posts were moved to the Moderators Forum due to the violation of our non-commercial rules and you were advised. Now you're back pitching your seminars, again in violation of Forum Rules. That doesn't set well.

Chas.

You can change my screen name to "Andrew F. Branca," Charles, thanks.

I wasn't aware it was a violation of the forum policies to respond to a thread the subject of which was my work. My apologies.

It always fascinates me that critics of my work almost without exception have neither read my book nor attended one of my seminars. Ah well. :-)

I wish you all a pleasant and safe weekend.

--Andrew

Charles L. Cotton wrote:I just checked the Texas State Bar page and he isn't listed as an attorney in Texas. What credentials does he have concerning Texas self-defense laws?

Chas.

Indeed, I am NOT a member of the Texas bar, and never have claimed to be. That might be relevant were I providing legal advice in Texas. Alas, I am not. Rather, I'm providing a legal seminar of the same type a law student might attend at law school.

The principles of self-defense law I'll be discussing in Dallas this weekend are illustrated with the relevant Texas self-defense statutes, case law, and jury instructions, and supplemented with additional Texas-specific professional legal resources, including the Texas Practice Series (mostly volume 6, §7), Texas Jurisprudence 3rd Edition (mostly volume 22), and others.

For some insane reason the Texas bar thinks enough of my seminar that they've accredited the class for 5 hours of Continuing Legal Education for folks who ARE members of the Texas bar (as have the bars of 17 other states, every state to which we've applied for accreditation). I don't suppose you're short of CLE hours, Charles? :-) You're certainly more than welcome to attend. The most common feedback I get from fellow legal counsel who attend the seminar, and they are many, is that it's the best CLE they've ever taken.

Anyway, I'm happy to answer any questions about this weekend's classes, should anybody have any.We have tons of reviews on our web site,
To those already planning to attend, I look forward to seeing you in class. Perhaps afterwards you'd consider writing a brief review right in this thread, so that folks can enjoy an objective perspective of the seminar from someone who's actually attended and thus would have a rational basis on which to praise or criticize. :-)

Surely even a Massachusetts lawyer deserves that much. :-)

--Andrew