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Hi - I'm hoping one of AW's legal types can help me out
I have a character who's a neophyte attorney, dealing mainly in immigration law, and a ticking clock situation where she's just learned a client is being illegally detained and possibly tortured. She's already filed a habeas petition, which was denied for various reasons, but since then she's found proof which exonerates the client. (I know, shouldn't all attorneys be so lucky...). The short version is the plot involves NDAA.
What I'd like to know is what she could reasonably do to help her client. There is a certain federal judge with an NDAA case pending, and she'd like to reach out to her, but this is definitely out of normal court hours. Is it at all reasonable that she could find this judge's address or phone number? And not get crucified for making use of them?
(My apologies if these are stupid questions, or if I'm completely in the cornfield - next time I start a WIP, I'm going to write it about stuff I know, because the workings of the legal world are a mystery to me.)
I have a character who's a neophyte attorney, dealing mainly in immigration law, and a ticking clock situation where she's just learned a client is being illegally detained and possibly tortured. She's already filed a habeas petition, which was denied for various reasons, but since then she's found proof which exonerates the client. (I know, shouldn't all attorneys be so lucky...). The short version is the plot involves NDAA.
What I'd like to know is what she could reasonably do to help her client. There is a certain federal judge with an NDAA case pending, and she'd like to reach out to her, but this is definitely out of normal court hours. Is it at all reasonable that she could find this judge's address or phone number? And not get crucified for making use of them?
(My apologies if these are stupid questions, or if I'm completely in the cornfield - next time I start a WIP, I'm going to write it about stuff I know, because the workings of the legal world are a mystery to me.)