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I Was A Lawyer Smuggling Heroin for the Mexican Mafia w/ Jason Keller | The Hopeaholics Podcast #346

1 hour 22 minutes Posted Jul 21, 2026 at 12:00 am.

Cold Open: The Charges Read Aloud

Introduction / Jason's Background

How He Became a Criminal Defense Attorney

First Marriage and Using During Law School

3 Years Old and His Grandmother's Liquor Cabinet

Full Scholarship to U of A. Flunked Out First Year.

The Workout Regimen That Started in Prison

Can a Convicted Felon Practice Law in Arizona?

The God-Sized Hole / What's Actually Underneath Addiction

The Moment He Said Yes to Smuggling

The DUI That Derailed His Career Before It Started

Out of Prison and Already Manipulating Probation

Relapse on Meth / PO Says Treatment or Go Back

How the Smuggling Actually Started

Smoking Crack in the Courthouse Parking Lot

Finding Out the Papers Were Full of Heroin

The Cell Phone for the Mexican Mafia

Arrested September 30th, 2008. Seven Charges.

What the Arrest Changed and What It Didn't

The Detective Who Put the Cuffs On Him

The Sun City AA Meeting / 86-Year-Old Jack Lee

The Ninth Step Amends With the Detective

Chad's Story: Felony Evading in a Lamborghini

The Real Wake-Up Call: Honduras

Finally Admitting He Was an Alcoholic

Step One and What Changed Everything

Why Prison for Six Years Still Wasn't Enough

Internal Bottom vs External Consequences

The AA Meeting He Started for Lawyers

Ethics Talks at the Public Defender's Office

Why Lawyers Are Scared to Get Help

The Disciplinary Panel / Waiting on the Bar

Passing the Bar by Hand While Everyone Used Laptops

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I Was A Lawyer Smuggling Heroin for the Mexican Mafia w/ Jason Keller | The Hopeaholics Podcast #346 Jason Keller was a criminal defense attorney with his own firm when he started smuggling drugs into jail for his clients. Papers that looked like textbook material turned out to be black tar heroin flattened between the pages. Then it was a cell phone. Then a charger. All for the Mexican Mafia. He was also smoking crack in the courthouse parking lot before walking in for hearings. He got arre...

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