This Ass-Wipe deserved a post of his own. A good reason why our Justice System is going to Shit. MEET STEPHEN LESLIE LUSTIG. Judge candidate in Broward County Florida. although i COMPLETELY agree about his statement, that the poor are at a disadvantage in the system, (thats a fucking understatement), commercialization of our legal system is fucked up. Stephen Leslie Lustig Lustig earned his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in Chicago and has practiced law for more than 20 years. He also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Florida in Gainesville. In 1994, Lustig opened his own practice, focusing on felonies, misdemeanors and traffic tickets. He sold the firm after 20 years to travel the world and reevaluate his goals for public service. Lustig also founded Ticket Titan Tech Co. and pioneered the first app of its kind to provide the public with round-the-clock access to legal aid. He’s been featured as a guest legal commentator on major news networks, including ABC, NBC and CBS. Why do you want to be a county court judge? Lustig: To bring innovation, pragmatism, temperament, dignity, compassion and good judgment from experience to the administration of justice. What about your experience qualifies you for the position? Lustig: In addition to having one of the highest volume felony and misdemeanor practices in the late 1990s and 2000s in Broward County, and having the highest volume ticket and misdemeanor practice at the time in Fort Lauderdale, as a pioneer innovator in commercializing the ticket and criminal defense field, I developed systems for efficiency and legal access to save the public countless hours. We opened the first high-visibility commercial neon storefront locations in our field, and changed a highly competitive field of business by placing affordable independent contractors at each satellite courthouse in Broward County for daily practice. The same affordable independent contractors are at the very same satellite courthouses to this day and are available to other lawyers and the public. What’s your biggest achievement so far? Lustig: It is difficult to determine which is a priority, as it depends on which of the following has provided the greatest value to the South Florida. I successfully defended the civil rights of my clients (especially the Fourth Amendment) in circuit, repeat offender court and county court. I also helped provide the public with affordable legal access through nine high-visibility commercial locations in Broward and Miami-Dade Dade, and scores of employees to assist. I developed and innovated systems for efficiency, creating a multimillion-dollar enterprise within nine months of my concept in a highly competitive field. I subsequently developed the first app nationwide that allows the public to hire a lawyer 24/7, 365 days a year, wherein the lawyer can receive their fees and signed legal agreements remotely. The lawyer is fully informed of the details of the case, and the client assured of quality representation and kept informed through automation. I’ve been featured over the years as a guest legal commentator on many major networks, radio stations and publications. I sold my law firm, Ticket Titan Co., 20 years to the month from when I started. Traveling and skateboarding the world since then has provided me with a different perspective. After being away from the legal field for the last three years, I recognized I still had much to contribute back to Broward County. What would a successful term look like for you? Lustig: The innocent go free and the guilty are held to account in proportion to the offense, all while maintaining our values of civil rights and freedom. What is the most important issue facing the Broward county courts at the moment? Lustig: It seems too often that it is more about winning than justice, and that those without means and the mentally ill are at a great disadvantage in the system. I learned this first-hand, early in my legal career, when I was arrested and thrown in Broward County jail for a mandatory prison sentence offense. I was falsely accused of aggravated battery in defending myself and two women from a seventh-degree blackbelt Tae Kwon Do champion at a Coral Springs restaurant. I had the money to hire a private investigator to find the witnesses at the scene that night and to pull the violent history of the martial arts instructor assailant — a job that should have been done by the police. It took paying several thousand dollars to the private investigator for him to obtain and provide the exculpatory evidence to the State Attorney’s office, whom after receiving it, refused to file charges.