criminal defense attorney qualifications

Some lawyers can say...

• They are board certified in criminal law.
• They have tried more than 80 jury trials.
• They worked more than nine years as a prosecutor.
• They served as a Chief Prosecutor in a felony district court.
• They have taught trial advocacy at the University of Texas Law School.
• They have tried jury trials in both State and Federal Court.
• They are Certified to administer Field Sobriety Tests, having completed the same course that DWI enforcement officers must take.
• They worked as a briefing attorney for a US District Judge.

I CAN SAY ALL OF THOSE THINGS

How does all of this experience help you? Simple: I know the system inside and out. I know what prosecutors are looking for, how they assess a case, and what motivates them to offer the best plea bargains. If we can't strike a deal with the prosecutor, I won't waste my time - or your money - on defenses I know won't work. I will defend you aggressively and professionally.

Board Certified -- Criminal Law -- Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Criminal Law Blog

March 28, 2008

There Are Two Sides To Every Story

This is what happens when policemen take the word of a bouncer and won’t listen to witnesses.

Here is the long story short: the police walk up and see my client on top of a bouncer, punching him in the face.  Now, of course the police have to stop the fight.  That’s their job. 

But it is also the police’s job to listen to people who know something about what happened before they arrived.  This particular time, they didn’t. 

Here is what the police wrote in their Probable Cause Affidavit.  They saw a fight.  They stopped it.  They talked to the bouncer who gave his side. 

Now for the rest of the story.  The bouncers started it.  They had a good old time laughing about how they beat the dickens out of MC. 

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