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The Criminal Defense Bar's Dirty Little Secret

By Brian Tannebaum

Those in the legal field often say that "criminal lawyers are the only civil lawyers." This comes from the notion that civil lawyers spend their days fighting over money, and when people fight over money, they get nasty.Well let me clue you in: we do that too. Well.....some of us do.The concept of "stealing cases" is rampant in federal criminal practice. Federal cases are more lucrative than state cases, and federal practice is where you will find some cut throat crap amongst your "colleagues."In federal cases, you can file a "temporary appearance" until you are retained. Reason being, once you file a "permanent appearance," you can't withdraw unless you die, or have a conflict of interest that involves something having to do with you dying...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).