Originally published in The Champion, November, 2011 Basics of a Client Interview A lawyer can meet a client in many ways, including a referral by court appointment or in the waiting room of the lawyer’s office. For purposes of this…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Attorney-Client Interview: Practice Points – Part 1 of 3
Tagged with: Attornery-Client Relationship, Attorney-Client Interview, Client Communication, Criminal Law, Practice of Law
Posted in The Client
Posted in The Client
Attorney-Client Interview: Innocence, Jail and Canines – Part 3
Originally published in The Champion, November, 2011 Do You Believe That I’m Innocent? On occasion, some clients desperately insist that their lawyer must believe they are innocent. A tempered response goes something like this: Your innocence is not the standard.…
Tagged with: Attornery-Client Relationship, Attorney-Client Interview, Criminal Law, Innocenct, Practice of Law
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Posted in Prosecution & Defense
Attorney-Client Interview – Practice Points Part 2
Originally published in the Champion, November, 2011 The Client Has Been Accused of What Crime? It is essential to know what happened both from the client’s perspective and from the government’s point of view. Before the attorney starts, she should…
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From the Sidebar has been selected to the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100, the 5th annual list of the best in blogs about lawyers and the law. Thanks for all your support, comments and advice all of you have provided to the…
