It was in a ‘Google’ Search that came up with that information….

…and ‘she’ has transitioned to a document company?!?!….maybe that is where her intellectual talents and pursuits are better suited!

Good Lord, not wonder it was dismissed. Sounds like they might be a bit shady ?

“Document prep” is a good way to characterize her motions challenging the registry.

Hope she is now applying her skills in a more useful way.

I mean, she’s licensed to practice law.

https://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=231107

Seems she’s transitioned to a document preparation company: https://pleadwrite.com/ just like Clear My Case!

Where do you see that it is permanently closed???
There is nothing on the website: http://www.esteshightower.com/

Their Website Name is For Re-sell on GoDaddy.com

‘They’ had a Satelite Office in Orlando…aka another Law Firm on Referral in order to ‘Get Standing’ in a Florida Court of Law!

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Stay Healthy and Safe!

shoot when I worked in the law library I got myself out a Couple years early. The way it happened with me I filed the motion the state could not show cause so I was given a PD who tore the state up at court. We got so many people relief in different things. I miss the use of the library in those says kicked back feet propped on the table reading Florida law weekly when HEGGs bs state, Tripp, DUER. I was in a work camp with only like 300 inmates the library was like a 14×18 warehouse maybe twice a day a guard would stop in to shoot the shits and play my NASCAR pool.

I understand and agree that this is a legal minefield. In the end, if a person does choose to proceed pro se they do need to be aware of the the damage they can cause themselves and others.
That having been said, is the only answer “you shouldn’t do this”? There are many pro se litigants that are simply filing a gripe. How do you (general “you”, not FAC) help the guy who is truly being wronged or railroaded other than saying “you shouldn’t do this”?
To me that’s the equivalent of sailing by the guy floating in the ocean and telling them “be careful not to drown”.
Again, I understand that FAC is not a licensed legal organization but this issue is something that the entire RSO community should be working towards.

This is a very delicate situation.

First, we are an advocacy group, not a law firm. We are not qualified to offer advice, guidance or any drafting or editing of legal documents. That would constitute the unlicensed practice of law and be very harmful if someone took a canned template petition, applied it to their individual facts and circumstances and it didn’t fit. It could mess up someone’s case and could jeopardize our organization. The “education” prong of FAC is to educate the media, legislators and public on the facts vs. myths about registration laws and registrants, not to educate people how to file legal challenges.

Second, our legal committee helps organize and facilitate litigation through licensed attorneys. We offer support in the form of identifying challenges according to the greatest concerns of our members, compilation of research from a lot of time spent gathering it, collecting declarations from impacted individuals, and raising money from members and entities so that we can bring lawsuits most people couldn’t afford to bring individually. We ensure we have the best (licensed) attorneys and best (qualified) experts and proceed accordingly. When someone files (for lack of a better term) toilet paper it undermines all the effort invested in bringing the suit and all the money we received in donations.

Third, even if the complaint is brilliantly drafted, if the pro se plaintiff can’t afford to hire the right experts or doesn’t have the litigation experience to navigate all the procedural formalities in a courtroom, even a valid legal challenge can lose because the arguments are not supported by proper testimony or on a technicality.

If there was a canned template that would get people off the registry, we would post it in a second. Heck, we’d use it ourselves. The reality is there’s not. Everyone’s case is different. Everyone’s prosecutor is different and everyone’s judge is different. There are so many variables that come into play during litigation that go so far beyond citing case laws and artful legal writing. If we’re going to do this thing, let’s do it right and not mess it up for everyone else.