How can I find a good defense attorney?
If you want good steak or good seafood, you don't go to a place that serves surf and turf. You go to a speciality house. If you want good Italian food, you don't go to a restaurant that has Italian and Chinese because it's only going to be OK. Similarly with a defence attorney, you want to get an attorney that only practices defence, that has some experience of defence. So generally if a defence attorney worked for the state, either as a prosecutor or a public defender, or as a judge or any part of the process, they will have experience. Another way to find a good defence attorney is word of mouth. If you know somebody that used the defence attorney before, that's a good vetting process. You should also know that a defence attorney that's being honest with you may not have all the definitive answers. Be wary of a defence attorney that makes too many promises or gives you absolute promises without having read anything or knowing anything about the case. Also let the buyer beware of bargains when looking for a defence attorney. If you're shopping for a surgeon, and you had a medical problem, you wouldn't go to the Hollywood upstairs medical clinic and get the best deal you could. Looking for a defence attorney is not a time to go deal shopping. You get the best defence attorney you can reasonably afford.
