Shelton, CT—Richard Thomas Meehan decided to specialize in criminal law the day he saw his father win a big verdict.
“As a 1L, I was assisting my dad, who was trying a murder case in our old Superior Court building,” Meehan recalled in a recent interview with laws-info.com. “The case was a sensational ...
Boulder, CO—For Josh Maximon, a life devoted to the law started with a personal tragedy.
“My dad was a larger than life character, but when I was just ten years old, he died tragically,” Maximon told laws-info.com in a recent interview. “He died under suspicious circumstances and I felt robbed ...
Southfield, MI—Neil Rockind was a good prosecutor—even a great one. But after four years working to convict people of crimes, he began to feel like he needed a change.
“I got tired of representing the state and using what skills and talent I have to convict people,” Rockind told laws-info.com ...
Alexandria, VA—Recognized by Washingtonian magazine as one of the top criminal defense attorneys in the Washington DC metro, Joseph King knows trials.
“I feel mitigation plays a big part in this job,” King told laws-info.com in a recent interview. “Therefore, it is very important to be prepared ...
New York, NY—Eric Franz, a criminal defense attorney in New York City, has built his career on leveling the playing field within the justice system.
Fighting for the underdog has become a lifelong passion for Mr. Franz. “I’ve always been very competitive and I love challenges. When I was a public defender ...
Buffalo, NY—Named “Lawyer of the Year” last year by the Erie County Bar Association, litigation specialist Terry Connors says that he knows he's doing the right job.
"I love being a lawyer, and if I had to do it all over again, I would not change my course one bit,” Connors told laws-info.com in ...
Riverdale, MD—Peter Fayne's path to criminal defense law was anything but ordinary.
When Fayne started working after law school, he started working as a prosecutor—a role he believed he'd stay in for a lifetime. “It's what I always wanted to do, and I thought that was where my future would be ...
San Antonio, TX—For Demetrio Duarte, defending people accused of crimes has been a career for over 25 years. Duarte told laws-info.com in a recent interview that his upbringing made him realize how badly criminal defenders are needed.
“Being a young Hispanic male in the 1960s and 1970s in South Texas, I witnessed ...
New York, NY—A. Adam Mehrfar says that the case that reinforced his core beliefs the most involved a client whose beliefs couldn't have been more different from his own.
“I had inherited a case from another lawyer, where the client had previously been convicted of homicide and was out on parole,” Mehrfar recalled ...
New York, NY—Representing clients charged with violating criminal statutes and other First Amendment related laws is what Herald Price Fahringer and Erica Dubno do best.
“Many of our cases involve theaters, bookstores, publishers, and a whole variety of activities that come within the scope of the First Amendment’s ...