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Florida defense attorney talks about defending the rights of Treasure Coast residents (and other Floridians), answers various DUI and criminal law questions and talks (sometimes with colleagues) about winning so-called "cases that can't be won".
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Bad Stuff

Nick Ramirez and Jared Eimicke

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Jared Eimicke and Nick Ramirez, both veterans of the UCB Theater in New York City, bring a comedian guest along to do something that no one really wants to do. Going to the airport, riding the bus, pulling an all-nighter... It's all bad stuff.
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Seminole Wars Authority

Seminole Wars Foundation

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The Seminole Wars Authority podcast looks at Seminole resistance to the United States’ campaign of Indian removal in the 1800s. We explore what the Seminole Wars were, how they came to be, how they were fought, and how they still resonate some two centuries later. We talk with historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, archivists, writers, novelists, artists, musicians, exhibitors, craftsmen, educations, park rangers, military-era reenactors, living historians, and, to the descendants of t ...
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Criminal Defense Attorney Michael Kessler takes a walk down memory lane, revisiting his early days in Fort Pierce as a new lawyer, and his early interest in the law, and his similar early interest in baseball. He also pays tribute to baseball legend Willie Mays. Find the rest of the Kessler Law Firm podcasts: https://kesslerlawfirmpodcast.buzzsprou…
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Criminal Defense Attorney Michael Kessler talks about Docket Calls - what they are, how they work and how they've evolved over time. Find the rest of the Kessler Law Firm podcasts: https://kesslerlawfirmpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ The Kessler Law Firm on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FloridaDUIAttorney1 The Kessler Law Firm website: https://www.kes…
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Criminal Defense Attorney Michael Kessler talks about a case in Colorado involving wolves, and an episode of "The West Wing" that might hint at how this case will turn out. Find the rest of the Kessler Law Firm podcasts: https://kesslerlawfirmpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ The Kessler Law Firm on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FloridaDUIAttorney1 The K…
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Criminal defense lawyer Michael Kessler kicks off a new season of the Kessler Law Firm podcast by digging into the Trump Indictment. This is not political commentary, or even legal analysis. Mr. Kessler simply felt that there's a lot of conversation about this case, while most have not even read the document. So he reads every count, every paragrap…
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Twenty volunteers entered the shuttered Fort Foster at Hillsboro River State Park May 6. They ripped out rotten planks from a boardwalk encompassing the inside of the palisade walls confines. This brings the replica post one step closer to re-opening when state officials re-certify it is safe to the public to do so. In this episode, Louie Bears Hea…
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In our last episode, we reviewed how three years of the Seminole Wars Authority podcast have told the story of Seminole resistance to U.S. Government removal efforts. In this episode, we place the podcast in the context of the Foundation’s Frank Laumer Library for Seminole Wars Studies, the Laumer Library for short. We will discuss the themes prese…
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This episode marks an anniversary for the podcast: Three full years’ worth of the Seminole Wars Authority. We have done as we said we would do when we set out on this long march. We canvassed far and wide for authorities in possession of the knowledge about the Seminole Wars. Some are historians, John Missall and Jesse Marshall and Chris Kimball. S…
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In the middle of August each year at St. Francis Barracks in St. Augustine, two elegant mules pull a caisson symbolically carrying the remains of the soldiers who had died in the Second Seminole War. The procession they lead commemorates the first re-interment of soldiers in Aug. 15, 1842. The commanding officer in charge of military operations in …
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In our previous episode, Jesse Marshall gave listeners an overview of newspaper coverage of the Seminole Wars, reviewing their accuracy given the physical and technical constraints of the era. In this episode, Jesse relates the value of these newspapers’ accounts for informing the American public about what actions and activities their government e…
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A popular conceit for a newspaper is that it is the purported “first draft of a history.” Newspapers informed the public. But they also tended to reflect the public’s opinion. And that opinion for waging the Seminole Wars waned overtime, as did newspaper coverage. How did local and national newspapers present the Seminole Wars in print? Was the war…
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In 1812, during the East Florida Patriot War incursion against Spanish territorial rule, 15-year-old Louisa Fatio barely escaped when Seminole attacked and partially burned her family's beautiful New Switzerland plantation on the St. Johns River. Louisa was the granddaughter of Francis Philip Fatio, co-founder and later sole owner of the 10,000-acr…
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A soldier of the Second Seminole War would have led an austere life at remote Army outposts in Florida. Among the few pleasures in his life might have been playing with a deck or cards or dice and getting square meals. What might have had the greatest impact on his morale, however, was the ability to receive and send mail to loved ones back home. I…
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Listeners to this podcast already know that Fort Pierce is a reservation for the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Previously, guest Rollie Gilliam told us about its origins as a home for Black Seminole. In this episode, living historian Jim O’Dell joins us to describe the military origins of Fort Pierce, his hometown. A U.S. Navy veteran, Jim stepped int…
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The annual Fort Cooper Days battle commemoration returns March 18 and 19 at Fort Cooper State Park in Inverness. This battle featured militia and volunteers fighting off a Seminole attack in the second of those wars. A militia captain, rising from the ranks of private to sergeant and then officer, is Howard “Butch” Nipper Junior. He is a proud thir…
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This podcast has featured numerous living historians describing life of Florida’s forebears in the 19th century, whether they be soldiers of the Seminole Wars era, or Seminole, or sutlers, settlers, or crackers. More than one young person witnessing this spectacle has wondered, how can I do what they are doing? In this episode, Kathleen Ramirez and…
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Last week, John and Mary Lou Missall joined us to discuss the novels they’ve written with the Seminole Wars as its setting. In this week’s episode, they return to discuss The Seminole Struggle, their comprehensive general history of the U.S. Government’s near half-century determination to remove Seminole permanently from Florida in the 1800s. Spoil…
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Over the past quarter century, John and Mary Lou Missall have published a number of books, both histories and novels and some soldier letters about the Seminole Wars. These have been well received. The Seminole Struggle – or as some call it, a reckless waste of blood and treasure -- may be the definitive one-volume history of that long conflict bet…
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The sands of time, nature, and settlement have ravaged the terrain where Soldiers and Seminole battled each other in Florida in the 1800s. In South Florida, of course, this is true -- but with a twist. In some cases, modern buildings have been constructed atop archaeological sites that had not been previously excavated -- and without disturbing the…
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We continue our discussion with “new recruits” to the Seminole War living history hobby. Marcus Acosta is a buddy of Ethan Parks, last week’s guest. The two portray Army privates of the 1830s and have “fought” and “died” together on the reenactment stage – but all for a good cause. That cause is honoring the people who fought -- and some who perish…
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In the 1830s, the US Army actively recruited young people from ages 16 up to 23 or so as privates to fill its ranks. In time, the duty that service entailed led to assignment in Florida. It was a miserable duty, where there was a war raging between the US government and the Seminole Indians. Soldiers barely able to shave became the instrument to fi…
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This week we explore cultural art depicting Gullahs, Seminoles, and Black Seminoles or Seminole Maroons. Our guest is artist Johnny Montgomery, a descendant of Gullahs who were forcibly removed from West Africa and shipped in bondage to America. He is a proud American with no hyphens. But he is also quite proud of the Gullah people he descended fro…
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Here’s a little known fact: A Seminole was responsible for the request that brought the British military into the Gulf Coast region during the War of 1812 and set the stage for the famous Battle of New Orleans. [see video series here: https://twoeggflorida.com/1812 or https://youtu.be/t7_dfEWBNYc] Then Chief Thomas Perryman was the Seminole. You re…
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Digging deeper. If there is one central element that binds this community of Seminole Wars historians, it is the passionate desire to dig deeper to find the truth. We examined this with recent guests. Jim Flaherty, Rick Obermeyer, and Jeff Snively are long-time practitioners of this historical craft as citizen scholars. And so is Chris Kimball. In …
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As we close this year of 2022, lest old acquaintances be forgotten, we look back at those who were part of the Seminole Wars living history community but who are no longer with us or able to be active. This close-knit community of interest comprises academic historians, for sure. It also hosts large numbers of public historians, the people we call …
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Attorney Michael Kessler shares an appearance he recently made on Jack Laurence's podcast One Minute Remaining. On this episode, they talk about one of Attorney Kessler's former clients, who is serving a one hundred year sentence! They talk about how and why that happened, and what, if anything, can be done to reduce it (after the inmate has alread…
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The Seminole Maroon diaspora returns to Jupiter, Florida in January for a family reunion January 11 to 15. To bring them together, the Florida Black Historical Research Project, Inc accepted a federal grant – “Telling the Full History”. Attendees hail from within Florida, but also from Oklahoma, Texas, Mexico, The Bahamas, and Trinidad. They will t…
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The US Government spent millions of dollars and incurred thousands of casualties attempting to remove the Seminole from Florida in the first half of the 1800s. Today, the Seminole are still here – and they are thriving; they are integral to a study of Florida’s history. And they are the subject of fascination in popular culture. A 1950s Greyhound b…
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