Life at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center

The family and friends of Jordan Lewis have asked me to share the planned events for our friend's services and remembrances and to share their thanks for the outpouring of sympathy during this very sad time.   Services will be tomorrow, Thursday, April 15th at 1:00 p.m. at Congregation Emanu El in Houston. Due to Covid restrictions, there are limits to the number of people who can attend Jordan's funeral.  In-person attendees are limited to family and close friends who have been specifically invited by the family. Jordan's family does want all of his friends to be included, however, and they have made arrangements for the services to be live-streamed.  You can find the link by clicking here .   Additionally, there is reserved space at Kirby Ice House (3333 Eastside, Houston, TX 77098) at 1:00 p.m., where the funeral services will also be live-streamed.  Drinks and a food truck will be available and masks will be required to attend.   Services will be ending at approximatel

 Our Criminal Justice World was absolutely rocked today to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of our friend and colleague, Jordan Lewis , at the age of 40. I honestly don't even know where to begin with what I'm writing here because it seems so surreal to think that he's gone.   He was my friend, although many knew him far better than I did.  He became a defense attorney in 2008 which was around the time I was wrapping up my career as a prosecutor, so I never dealt with him in an adversarial situation. I'm pretty sure that we first met around that time when we were both single and hanging out at Char Bar.   Back in those days, the younger lawyers came to hang out and hear war stories from the older lawyers.  He was part of that group.  He was an extremely nice guy.  Fun to hang out with.  He was very earnest about his approach to defending clients.  He was very zealous with his ideals, but he wasn't naive about the way the System treated them.  He was very o