Sentences with phrase «other criminal defense work»

Not exact matches

As a defense lawyer, Clegg said he has fought for a rehabilitative approach in the treatment of nonviolent criminals and has worked to help clients with addictions to heroin and other street drugs get treatment instead of jail time.

While this type of office set up won't work well for a criminal defense practice, for other types of practices, it can.

His work on the other side of the criminal justice system has helped him develop well - honed defense skills most other criminal defense attorneys do not have.

He has been involved in every aspect of the firm's work in cases involving DWI, assault, drugs, criminal vehicular homicide, criminal sexual conduct and many other areas of criminal defense.

Within two weeks of starting, Gavin was handling per diem criminal law work for other defense attorneys she had met as a prosecutor.

Criminal defense lawyers, on the other hand, do not work on contingencies.

After summer clerking and then graduating in 1988, he worked for a law firm doing their criminal defense work, plus other assigned cases.

Settlement negotiations are an essential part of most criminal defense work, whether the negotiations seek an outright dismissal, continuance for possible dismissal with or without dismissal conditions, or any other number of resolutions right up to convictions involving amended or dropped charges and / or agreements as...

While a good vacation can bring a certain enjoyable quiet that many do not want to interrupt, meditation and other mindfulness practice can help ease one's daily out - the - door criminal defense work into a more powerful practice, which can benefit from something as simple as at least five to fifteen minutes of mediation early each morning, to help handle the day's upcoming curveballs and other challenges.

On the other hand, the clientele in plaintiff's personal injury, criminal defense, bankruptcy, employment law, and family law (to name a few), are, for the most part, individuals who have never worked with a lawyer.

• Documented success in performing routine investigative work involving criminal cases • Highly skilled in locating and interviewing clients, complainants and witnesses, and others who may have official information relevant to a legal defense • Well - versed in determining the reliability and credibility of witnesses by conferring with attorneys • Exceptionally talented at evaluating various types of evidence, and advising attorneys in investigative procedures