Mimi Coffey's Personal Blog

Hard to imagine an uglier environment: the January 6th storming of our nation's Capitol, Republican Congressman Paul Gosar making an ani...

Over 500 civilian noncombatants, mainly women, children and the elderly, were massacred by American troops in My Lai, Vietnam on March 16, 1...

John F. Kennedy declared to Congress on May 25, 1961 that the United States should lead the world in space aviation and put a man on the moo...

The News has reported that inmates in jails are being released due to covid-19.  Is this true? Yes. It has been reported and confirm...

The biggest misconception in a DWI is to correlate a single bad driving behavior with guilt in a DWI. Whether it be a jerk (failure to maint...

Mimi Coffey is  DWI lawyer with  24 years experience  and the founder of The Coffey Firm, which specializes in DWI and Criminal Defense....

The way our government is created is simple. The legislature passes the laws and the judicial branch enforces it. That is the way it is d...

One of my favorite lines is "I don't trust anyone who has not had a DWI." Truthfully, my clients are among my favorite peopl...

My German exchange son, Willy Golz,  gave me a wonderful Christmas present this year: a biography of German Chancellor Willy Brandt written ...

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." The Dalai Lama "When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad...

What Makes a Great Leader: The Key  I recently finished the book Catherine the Great by Robert Massie published in 2011 by Random ...

For the sake of anonymity, the names of the involved have been changed or redacted. Jane Doe is a hero of mine. With her permission,...

The State Bar of Texas regulates all lawyer advertising. For a lawyer to advertise a flyer, billboard, website, or other solicitation, t...