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Getting Paid

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

When I graduated law school knowing I wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer, the one piece of advice I received over and over again was: don't go into criminal defense." The advice had nothing to do with the possibility that I would not enjoy the practice or the public's perception of criminal defense lawyers, it was based on one thing: money."You'll never get 'rich.'" I was told. "You'll never make 'any money."For as long as I've been a criminal defense lawyer I've heard and read criminal defense lawyers bitching about not getting paid, asking about suing clients, and stating with authority that they cannot do anything to change the "way things are."Whenever I say that I don't do payment plans, eyes roll, attitudes fly, and disbelief ensues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).