Q: What does Savannah, a Lake Charles casino and a prisoner in Houston serving 70 years for a murder new evidence is showing he didn’t commit have in common? A: Money! That’s because innocence has a price tag not everyone can afford. Take the case of Lamar Burks who has a hearing scheduled Oct. 29 … More MAY IT RING OUT AGAIN FOR FREEDOM FOR THOSE INNOCENT WHO ARE IMPRISONED LIKE LAMAR BURKS IN HOUSTON

(Click on picture to see Ticktin talk) Peter, WOW!  Just watched Debbie’s recording.  God bless your wife for capturing it for us and for posterity as our videographer was hurt on the way to the AMPFest conference at the Trump Doral Hotel when a careless driver rear-ended her truck. Yes indeed, Peter Ticktin deserves a … More What’s more satisfying than when a client you’ve been coaching on a speech hits it out of the park?

HELLO HOUSTON, TX.–Here’s Witness Subpoena List Ex Parte Lamar Burks Case #08439680101C concerning our client whom we firmly, no absolutely, incontestably believe, has spent 19 years in prison here for a murder he could not have committed as there’s hard evidence he wasn’t even in Texas when it happened. Attached please find a list of material … More TELL ME THIS MAN’S A MURDERER AND I’VE GOT A BRIDGE I CAN SELL YOU

This is one of the many questions Lamar Burks has been struggling with while stuck in a Texas prison for the past 19 years for a murder that new evidence is showing he could not possibly have committed.    An organization called the Innocence Project in Texas is beginning to wonder the same thing.  So many other pieces of evidence have emerged lately that are strongly suggesting, maybe screaming … More QUESTION: HOW COULD LAMAR BURKS HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDERING SOMEONE IN TEXAS WHILE HE WAS AT HIS SISTER’S WEDDING IN LOUISIANA?

Remember the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan?  Well, in February 2019 I became the Tom Hanks character. Only I was sleepless in Boca Raton, Florida, following the death of my beautiful wife Angela who finally lost her brave 10-year battle with breast cancer.  One night my poor darling slipped … More ONCE UPON A TIME I WAS SLEEPLESS IN BOCA

This is what I tell those impatient PR clients whose expectations are way over-the-top unrealistic:  Well, you see sir, PR takes a little time before everyone knows who you are, recognizes your brand and wants to join your club.  You must give it a little more time to work as first you have to plant … More Hey, It’s Been Well Over Month Now. So Why Aren’t I Famous and Walking Down the Red Carpet Yet?

A freelance writer’s query the other day on a service we subscribe to called ProfNet got me thinking about this.  ProfNet is a product of Cision whereby journalists announce they’re working on a story and looking for experts to interview.   It’s a way for a PR firm like mine, TransMedia Group, to suggest a client … More HOW SHOULD GOOGLE PUT A LID ON POLITICAL DISCUSSION IN THE WORKPLACE SO EMPLOYEES CAN CONCENTRATE ON WORK?

Here’s a preview of my latest book “Love Boat 78,” which will be out this fall published by Mascot Books and soon available on Amazon, Kindle and in bookstores. It’s about the new ways men and women find each other today online . . . how quickly they think they fall in love or just … More LOOKING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE ONLINE PLACES

                       Yes, for South Florida, Cat 5 Hurricane Dorian was quite a Labor Day disruptor  Throughout “dangerously threatened” Palm Beach County so visibly vulnerable on the many ominous illustrations accompanying the incessant TV weather reports, Labor Day sales sank to a new low in a … More NOBODY’S TALKING ABOUT WHAT DORIAN DID TO OUR POOR SEA TURTLES

What’s wrong with switching sides if you see someone you once admired not living up to your ideals? Or not making the country you love “great again” . . . beyond just a slogan!  Didn’t Ronald Reagan begin as a Hollywood Democrat, and wasn’t Franklin D. Roosevelt one of his “true heroes?” So was Reagan a turncoat … More Would You Call ‘The Mooch’ a Turncoat, or worse, a Benedict Arnold, for Turning Against His One-Time Hero, President Trump? Hardly!