False, Anonymous Web Attacks on Fellow Members of the Harris County Bar; Unethical and Pathetic
By Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd
This is a difficult and unfortunate article to post. It is about a fellow attorney: Andy Nolen, or someone associated with the law firm that carries his name. This Houston “criminal defense attorney,” as he calls himself, has been responsible for posting negative “comments” on the Yahoo Local websites about various Harris County criminal defense attorneys, including myself.
Nolen attempts to disguise these assaults on the professional character of fellow lawyers by using fictitious names. But, after a simple investigation, it is obviously apparent that Nolen’s firm has entered into a concerted campaign to slander others lawyers to promote his own website. Unfortunately, this appears to be a strategy not uncommon to Nolen.
Andy Nolen resides in a downtown high rise, where, according to property records, he owns two condo units. Residents say he has been a source of continuous discontent with the Home Owners Association in that building. The HOA has been forced to fine Nolen (after numerous warnings) for repeated violations of home owner rules.
This past May, Nolen created a website registered under his name with a P.O. address in Sunnyvale, California to fight the HOA. This site is highly critical of the building and the HOA. Nolen’s website has posted a series of racially charged and inflammatory anonymous “comments” obviously designed to provoke racial discord within the building. Nolen has also apparently refused to post other comments favorable to the building and/or the HOA. Given Mr. Nolen’s proclivity to post false comments anonymously on Yahoo, I can only guess how many of the comments on his HOA protest site are simply his own, designed for some self-serving goal. (more…)
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