Sidebar with Carlos Guerra

Carlos Guerra
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In a courtroom, a "sidebar" is the moment the lawyers step up to the bench to talk candidly — off the record, away from the jury. That's the spirit of this show. Sidebar with Carlos Guerra is a conversation series featuring the people inside Texas's legal and civic world: judges, attorneys, and others whose work and decisions shape life on the border and across the state. These are long-form, unhurried conversations that get past the talking points and into how these guests actually think — their philosophies, their convictions, and the hard calls they have to make.

Episodes

  1. Aug 5

    The $20 Million Laredo Verdict | Will Clark

    Carlos Guerra sits down with trial attorney Will Clark, board certified in personal injury trial law, whose recent $20 million verdict against an out-of-state motor carrier may reshape how trucking cases are valued in Webb County. February 3rd. His client's life changed forever. Listen as Will walks us through what it was like taking a case that four attorneys refused to take and what it was like walking his client through the tough decision of turning down three quarters of a million dollars. Carlos and Will also discuss the underground industry of Personal Injury. Additionally, Carlos and Will discuss where the future of the Personal Injury industry will go once vehicles become completely autonomous.

  2. Jun 23

    Legal Today, Banned Tomorrow? Inside Texas Hemp Fight from the Lawyer Leading It: David Sergi

    Is it legal or not?? Nobody seems to know. Gas stations are selling weed gummies. Dispensaries are everywhere. Your neighbor has got a hemp drink in the fridge and your coworker swears it's totally fine, but you could also swear you've seen people get arrested for it. SO WHICH IS IT? Turns out the confusion isn't your fault. Texas tried to ban hemp. The Governor vetoed the ban. Then the state's own health agency rewrote the ban right back into their rules. Even the lawyers are untangling it in real time. So this week on Sidebar, we went and got one of the lawyers actually in the fight: David Sergi. The attorney at the center of the fight, the one who got a judge to temporarily stop the state from wiping the a big part of the industry out. And we asked the questions you've actually been wondering.Straight answers, from the person actually shaping the law — while it's still being decided.

 Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. *Disclaimer: This podcast does not contain legal advice* #Sidebar #LaredoBar #TexasHemp #HempLaw #Texas #Laredo #IsItLegal #CannabisLaw #LegalPodcast #THC #KnowYourRights #notlegaladvice

  3. Jun 16

    From Laredo to Texas’s Highest Criminal Court: Judge Kevin Yeary on Law, Principle, and Judicial Courage

    In the inaugural episode of Sidebar with Carlos Guerra, Carlos Guerra and George Altgelt sit down with Judge Kevin Yeary of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals — Texas’s highest criminal court. A Laredo native and St. Augustine High School graduate, Judge Yeary opens up about his path from civil litigation to one of the most powerful judicial positions in the state. He discusses his textualist judicial philosophy, his principles of judicial restraint he lives by, and what it means to dissent when its not easy. The conversation explores the tension between personal faith and judicial duty, including how a practicing Catholic approaches the death penalty in one of America’s most active capital punishment states. Candid, principled, and deeply thoughtful, this episode offers a rare look inside the mind of a judge who prioritizes the text of the law over popular opinion or institutional pressure.

    From Laredo to Texas’s Highest Criminal Court: Judge Kevin Yeary on Law, Principle, and Judicial Courage
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In a courtroom, a "sidebar" is the moment the lawyers step up to the bench to talk candidly — off the record, away from the jury. That's the spirit of this show. Sidebar with Carlos Guerra is a conversation series featuring the people inside Texas's legal and civic world: judges, attorneys, and others whose work and decisions shape life on the border and across the state. These are long-form, unhurried conversations that get past the talking points and into how these guests actually think — their philosophies, their convictions, and the hard calls they have to make.

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