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Hiring a Criminal Defense Attorney - Rule of Thumb #1

By Shawn Matlock

Brian Tannenbaum over at Criminal Defense recently wrote a great book on hiring a criminal defense attorney entitled ?The Truth About Hiring a Criminal Defense Lawyer.?  It?s a good read for anyone that is actually doing some research before they make a knee-jerk decision on hiring a criminal defense attorney. I don?t want to steal any of Brian?s stuff, but I thought I would throw out a few Rules of Thumb about hiring a defense attorney.  With that said, here is my Rule of Thumb Number 1. As is number one in Brian?s book, and also written about by Mark Bennett recently, is money.  If you are looking for a criminal defense attorney, it?s because you must.  No one hires a defense attorney to plan for the future.  Generally speaking, when you are in the market for a defense attorney, there is a short window of opportunity to defend yourself because the might of the government is coming down upon you...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on December 23, 2008 (boomark / email).