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What I'll Say To The Civil Lawyers

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

I'm watching the sunrise outside my hotel room window here in Jackson, Mississippi as I prepare to speak at a CLE conference sponsored by Ole Miss. They asked me to speak on the topic of civil lawyers practicing criminal law. Why not? I've never been to Mississippi, they were willing to pay the freight, and it's always good to meet other lawyers.I prepared my talk without any guidance. I was simply told that the crowd would have a "good number" of civil lawyers. I knew I had to remember to be sensitive. Outside of big cities, there are few lawyers who only practice criminal law. My traditional hotel room review of lawyer ads in the yellow pages finds my theory correct here in Jackson.My tone would be that criminal law is not as "easy" as cash flow hungry civil lawyers would think, and to remember Rule 1...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on October 29, 2010 (boomark / email).