James M Cole

October 13, 2021 | National Law Journal

The criminal justice system cannot function effectively without public confidence in the reliability of jury trials. That means that egregious examples of ineffective trial counsel must have some path to meaningful review. Arizona now urges the Supreme Court to prohibit federal courts from considering the evidence that incompetent state counsel failed to uncover. SCOTUS should not permit it.

By Peter D. Keisler and James M. Cole

5 minute read

October 05, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

The appointment of a monitor is one of the most common features of any corporate criminal resolution today, and can also be found in a number of civil resolutions. As a company enters into this process, there are a numerous places where its decisions, one way or another, can dramatically affect how it plays out.

By James M. Cole and Sana Munasifi

8 minute read

October 05, 2015 | Corporate Counsel

The appointment of a monitor is one of the most common features of any corporate criminal resolution today, and can also be found in a number of civil resolutions. As a company enters into this process, there are a numerous places where its decisions, one way or another, can dramatically affect how it plays out.

By James M. Cole and Sana Munasifi

8 minute read

September 11, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Douglas S. Reedohn D. Ashcroft lost his last election to a dead man-and the ghosts from that campaign still seem to haunt our attorney general. Perhaps more than any other recent chief legal officer of the United States, Ashcroft seems particularly responsive to the political constituencies who helped him secure his position in the Bush administration.

By Robert J. Louden, James M. Cole, Douglas W. Kmiec

19 minute read

September 11, 2002 | Law.com

James Cole looks at the balancing act John Ashcroft must perform between being a protector against crime and a protector of rights. We want the attorney general to be effective in the fight against terrorism, says Cole, but we also want him to be a protector of the freedoms that make this country the envy of the world. Only by doing both will Ashcroft fulfill his role as the lead prosecutor for the United States.

By James M. Cole

5 minute read