How Our Offices and Local Courts Are Serving Your Needs

The current COVID-19 pandemic has closed many courts across the state for the foreseeable future, save for emergency hearings and orders. Now, many Texans face uncertainty regarding their legal issues, whether they need representation for criminal charges or for a family law case.

Mary Beth Harrell recently spoke to the Copperas Cove Leader Press regarding the challenges of providing legal services during the coronavirus pandemic. As a criminal defense attorney, her first priority is ensuring the protection of her clients’ rights. The criminal justice system is still trying to navigate how to deal with a pandemic, so everyone is learning together.

As Attorney Harrell explained, “It’s just such a thoroughly unique challenge and then has its own inherent set of costs, especially for the county, and you know, I truly don’t believe there was any way to anticipate this, so everybody’s doing their best to cooperate. But I think any defense attorney will tell you first and foremost, we’re concerned about protecting the rights of our clients to not be held in jail under an unreasonable bail, to get into court as quickly as possible to have their case heard, so that there is no delay in justice.”

Even in this current age of social distancing, by appointment only, our lawyers are able to meet with clients in our offices, taking the utmost precautions for your (and our) safety. However, we also want to remind you that we have all the technology and abilities in place to keep in touch with you as well as we always have. Our firm employs cybersafe secure technology, with protected servers and software so your information remains private and confidential.

“When a client really needs that face to face reassurance, we can do that, being careful, but on the whole, we have really good constant contact with our clients by phone, by email, by text, and they are having to deal with the fact that their cases are getting reset by the courts, sometimes 30 days out, sometimes 60 days out,” Harrell told the Leader Press.

Note: The Texas Judicial Branch maintains a list of court and clerk office closures and delays.

Both in these uncertain times and beyond, the attorneys at the Mary Beth Harrell Criminal Defense and DWI Lawyers are here to defend your rights. To schedule a free consultation about your case, call us today at 254-680-4655 or complete our contact form.