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A Free Guide For Former BigLaw Now Criminal Defense Lawyers

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Over at the second best law blog in the country, Simple Justice, Scott Greenfield muses about the laid off BigLaw's coming over to slum it in the criminal courthouses of America. In short, he hits the nail on the head:"With law firms laying off lawyers indiscriminately, and lawyers having bills to pay and mouths to feed, one can reasonably expect them to take their framed Law Review Certificates off the wall, put on some comfortable shoes and make a clean start of it in the trenches. Why? Because their options are limited.Most will try their hand at some variation of the law they experienced in the wood paneled libraries of their former homes, but when they find that large corporations don't frequently shop for counsel in the back alleys off Main Street, they will come to realize that they need to adapt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on February 15, 2009 (boomark / email).