Collins & Lacy founding partner, Joel Collins, recently spoke at the Dallas  Bar Association for the CLE Series, “History, Challenges and Threats to the Independent Judiciary.”

Joel wrote a paper for the program titled A Brief History of the Concept of the Independence of the Judiciary in the United States. Read his full paper to hear his expertise on the history of judicial independence and how it led to the American Declaration of Independence.

“John Adams said it best: ‘The dignity and stability of government and all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice…'”