What a lawyer says during a media interview can have consequences at trial. An attorney in St. Louis learned that lesson after a comment on “St. Louis on the Air” contributed to a city judge declaring a mistrial in a high-profile trial last week.
On this month’s “Legal Roundtable,” a panel of expert attorneys discussed the judge’s ruling and the risk of talking to reporters about a pending case.
“It will have a chilling effect on my willingness to talk to the media,” said Eric Banks, a former city counselor for the circuit attorney’s office in St. Louis…