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Know when to hold the, know when to fold them

By Shawn Matlock

Like it or not, being a criminal lawyer is all about risk. How much risk are you willing to take and for what amount of reward. You can always tell the Pretender by seeing how much they are willing to risk in a given case. But you can also spot him when you see what he wants. You see, I was told a long time ago (well, long time for me) that do be successful in this business, you have to be able to judge what a case is worth. This is not a zero-sum game. It can't always be about conviction versus dismissal in every case. Sure, it would be nice if a dismissal was achieved in all my cases. But it doesn't happen. I've posted about this before. There are different degrees of winning and losing. A win for one client may be a loss for another...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Matlock Blog on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).