An unlikely pair, a Republican district attorney and a criminal-defense lawyer, may be the key to reform in California.
The Ramseys hired criminal-defense lawyers to represent them four days after the murder, even though they had not been named as suspects.
"My job is to protect the public," said Judge Corriero, who is both a former prosecutor and a criminal-defense lawyer.
As a criminal-defense lawyer in New York City, I, too, knit in a male bastion.
Last-minute concerns-among them finding a criminal-defense lawyer in the United States-were being addressed.
A prominent criminal-defense lawyer has agreed to plead guilty to income tax evasion, Federal law-enforcement officials said yesterday.
You suggest that criminal-defense lawyers can be part of the problem; would you explain this further?
Publicity and Pressure Some criminal-defense lawyers not involved in the case said it was unlikely that Mr. Chambers would be released on his first try.
And criminal-defense lawyers will often take on a case for a single large retainer.
Up to 158 of Legal Aid's 632 criminal-defense lawyers may be laid off, its officials say.