How do I find a good Criminal Defense Lawyer?
I've been researching some online but they all claim to be the best with over 20 years experience, etc. How do I find the right one? Reviews seem left and right here, some say "best lawyer 10/10" some say terrible lawyer...
Any ideas? Is it just a crapshoot and they're probably fine if they have over 20 yrs experience with exp in your charges? Do they need extensive experience in it?
pls help
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I was involved in some libertarian issues, selling stuff that is a part of that. If you talk to others in "the movement", they all have connects to lawyers that have the same opinions.
In my case I was locked up on restrictions. This means that my lawyer was not allowed to share certain info with me (EU country). Despite that, my lawyer, being libertarian herself, hinted that one of my pals that used to be locked up, had been released. This helped me to plan my own defense (keeping schtumm) and 2 days later I was released as well.
Brilliant lawyer!
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I don't really have anyone to get a recommendation for my charges.
Ive been looking at a few online but I dunno, it just feels a bit off how they all seem to claim "decades of experience" and experience in various areas but it just seems like marketing shit.
Are female lawyers to be trusted? If it's multiple charges to do with computers would an older, female lawyer even know how to defend that?
Nothing wrong with female lawyers, but you def need one that knows tech in your case.
Just read through court cases or newspaper clippings about similar crimes in your area.
when you have a lawyer you've worked with for a while and everyone should, you can ask them to refer you to the best criminal defense
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Well she has a page on her website where she has initials and recent successes of her work, is that any good? It just says like "Was charged with x, y, z. After successful blahblah charges were dismissed".
But it seems a little small, how many cases should crim defense lawyers even be getting? Like several every week? I don't know something just feels off. I guess I'd need to meet with 2-4 for a consultation to see if they could really help me or not.
i just wish it were simpler, kind of nerve-wracking to choose a defense lawyer like this
That's a cool ad.
Sometimes I wonder if the female defense attorneys suck off prosecutors and judges to get favorable results lol
Well, in most countries, court cases are public. You can prolly go to the courthouse and ask to see cases where she has been counsel.
Are you in a rural place or what? Cities have hundreds of lawyers. Also, is she a public defender or are you paying for this?
She is a private defense attorney of course. I am in Toronto Canada by the way
No "of course" about it. In my country I can choose any lawyer I like, and the gov pays for it.
Anyway, if there are tech issues to go through, she will bring in the right witnesses for that (at a price). So if she does not understand tech, it does not have to mean that she is useless.
You can definitely figure out who good tech lawyers are from local forums or local news. You just need to do some sleuthing.
There's just so many lawyers to choose from and they all seem to have extensive credentials and the smooth words. Just worried/unsure if they actually know what they say they know or if they're just saying it to get more clients.
Any suggestions on how to determine this at a consultation? I just want to be assured they'll actually be involved in my case and give it the time and effort that's needed, I have anxiety and paranoia though. I'm always worried about something
Law school student here, imo the easiest way is searching in uni. You just go to the website of the closest law school and see who is in charge of the criminal courses. They're usually the best in the area but expensive, altough if they find your case interesting they might do it for free, so try to send an email. If they're too expensive for you just ask them for a good and cheap lawyer, they know everyone in the field. Hope this helps
That's a good idea actually! At the very least they should be able to point me in the right direction i suppose.
Haven't met with any to hear about retainer fees but I'm getting a little worried I might not be able to afford one, this might be a problem. If it's an extensive case how much could I be looking at?
By the way, if they're a big/popular defense lawyer, is it possible that this might not go in my favor?
If they're overly busy they might dedicate insufficient time to studying my case, right? Is that a concern at all?
Well, personal chemistry, when you have managed to see through smooth talk, is a decent indicator.
IDK really. This other guy seems to kow what he is talking about And it would still be good to see who has defended similar cases. So are we talking about hacking, or are we talking about carding, for example?
Also, bear in mind that courtrooms are not 'battlefields' as seen in TV-dramas. The lawyers usually already know the prosecutor and judge. If you want to push for some kind of psych-defense, then you will want a lawyer that has been around and is on a friendly basis with all the people involved.
3 boards to the left mate.
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I live in Belgium so I don't really know the price range in Canada, here it can go from 30€ for an hour to 600, so you won't until you ask. For the dedication again I can't tell you, most of the big lawyers are so obsessed with winning that they simply won't take your case if they don't have the time for it, others relies on big ones to fill up their ego and use small cases to make money. Again, you won't know before meeting them
>So are we talking about
Charges include operating botnet, carding et cetera, all of which are false
>Again, you won't know before meeting them
There's just so many... Guess I've just got to meet like 5 or so good-sounding ones and write down my options, their strategy for me, etc and then just compare side-by-side.
Yep that's the best way to go, but always ask the price for the consultation before in e-mail so that you won't have that 200 $ surprise bill
>Charges include operating botnet, carding et cetera, all of which are false
Been running Tor Exit Nodes? None of my biz in any case.
You have EFF in Canada? They would have some great lawyers for this on their roster.
I don't give a fuck about that little money, I'm just wondering if it'll reach $60k+ in fees if it's really drawn out and they need to bring in experts and all
If you've got the money then just go for the uni teacher or ask them who is the best in the field. For the fees I don't know how it works in Canada but normally a good IT specialist won't take time to know what you've done with your computer so I don't see why it would be that expensive
I've just heard if it's extremely drawn out it can get quite pricey, but you're rarely paying by hour anyway it seems. You never know these days really, sometimes they just have trials for show and then get into a whole slew of things it seems
Ask criminals which attorneys they've used. I was told who was the best when I was hit with agg bat in jail and then bonded out, when my attorney (guy) walked into court the judge (girl) literally her face lit up with a smile.
Agg bat dropped. Busted his jaw with a bat too
I studied law but do nothing with my degree. When I pick a lawyer (and I needed a bunch so far) I tend to look at the amount of publications he has, if he's connected to a university or if he's a judge.
It's a small world so authority figures who love to do research are always good.
But you do need someone who specialized on your subject because law is pretty broad. I mean, I studied tax law and if tax cases came before a criminal court then all tax lawyers held their breath because they expected the judge would be incompetent.
Also, I tend to do a lot of research myself because lawyers cant put in the same amount of time in one case as you can.
Here, call this guy !