How can you telll the difference between a good defence lawyer and a bad one?

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• OwOarchist@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  A good defense lawyer knows the law.

  A great defense lawyer knows the judge.

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  • mmcintyre@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is the right answer.

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  • Win/loss ratio
  • amount of cases settled vs gone to trial
  • willingness to take on difficult cases/ability to win them
  • word of mouth from former clients
  • ability to listen properly to clients but also professionally call them on their bullshit when applicable
  • how much and why prosecutors dislike them
  • whether or not they’re licensed to practice

  IANAL* and it’s in no particular order, but that should be a pretty good checklist afaik 🤷🏻

  *the abbreviation of “I am not a lawyer” as well as the best Isaac Asimov porn parody never made.

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• ExtremeDullard@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How can you telll the difference between a good defence lawyer and a bad one?

  Are you posting this from jail?

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• wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  If he wears a red and white striped club tie in a half-windsor knot, he’s awful.

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  • Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What if they’re not wearing a tie at all?

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      gasp

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• TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Are his pants on fire? Likely a good lawyer then.

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• eurodyne@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  How did the case turn out?

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• Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Donathan Montgomery Augustus Dickle, what did you DO?

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    lol in another thread someone said I would ask this question next. So thought it would be funny to make them right.

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