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What Are Criminal Defense Lawyers Really Worth?

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

A lively discussion took place in the comments section of the post below regarding fees in criminal cases.Seems an anonymous police officer takes some pity on defendants he arrests, because they will later encounter bankrupting criminal defense lawyers who are not sensitive to the fact that "most" people cannot afford to hire them.I have always believed that the demise of respect for lawyers has had much to do with the fact that we charge "a lot" of money for our services. There is the old notion that a "rich" person is someone who makes $1 more than you. If that's true, then someone who makes thousands more than you, is certainly the devil.There is no sense trying to discredit the notion that those who can afford to hire expensive lawyers get better justice...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on February 21, 2010 (boomark / email).