Trial lawyer, criminal or civil
After accepting exclusively criminal defense cases for the past five years, at the urging of friends, colleagues, and clients, I have decided to begin taking select civil cases. I’ve always seen the firm as standing between the incredible power of the government and the ordinary people who come to us for help, but I am beginning to realize that corporate America and the insurance industry is just as capable of destroying lives and families as our government is.
I won’t be accepting every civil case that calls; we will be screening them carefully. I’m looking for cases that I am comfortable with, that are interesting to me, where there is a legitimate claim, and that we can take to a jury. At least right now, I won’t be taking worker’s comp cases or anything that involves an administrative claim. I am interested in cases that we can try to a jury.
I'll be updating our website in the next week or two to reflect this, and the name of the firm. I thought about the name of this blog, and whether I should change it or begin a new blog. I haven’t made a firm decision on this yet, but for now I am leaving it the way it is. Most of the issues I blog about will still be related to criminal law, and I’m not interested in maintaining two blogs.
Any thoughts?
