Milwaukee, WI—For Alex Flynn, who has been named one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Wisconsin, a love of the law was inspired by a love of history.
“I have my undergraduate degree in history, and I have always been fascinated with societal attitudes and the attraction to totalitarian government,” Flynn told ...
Los Angeles, CA—Criminal defense attorney Thomas Mesereau took years to find his calling in the law. “When I graduated law school, I really didn't know what my long term future would be like,” he recalled in a recent interview with laws-info.com. “So I tried various areas of the law ...
Baltimore—Inspiration came early for Charles Curlett, whose legal career has gone on a path from prosecuting war criminals to opening Levin & Curlett, a Maryland and Washington D.C. litigation boutique.
“When I was in the 8th grade, I took a week long mini-course in school called 'Mock Murder Trial,' ...
Cleveland, OH— For 42 year old criminal defense attorney Ian Friedman, the law bug bit him early.
“My mother would tell you I wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer when I was in the fifth grade,” Friedman told laws-info.com in a recent interview. “I took a position against the death penalty during ...
San Francisco, CA—One of the top 30 trial lawyers in the United States, James Brosnahan first realized he wanted to practice criminal law before he even went to law school.
Once he graduated, he was plunged directly into the deep end. “My very first trial was a first degree murder case,” Brosnahan recalled in ...
Dallas, TX—To new attorneys thinking of becoming criminal defense lawyers, John Teakell says it's best to start on the other side. “From my perspective, it would be beneficial to be a prosecutor for at least a short period of time, to get a sense of how prosecution works and what a prosecutor's thought process ...
Chatham, NJ—Criminal defense attorney Jack Arseneault knows that when he walks into a courtroom, he's already facing an uphill battle. “My practice is primarily in white collar criminal defense,” he explained in a recent interview with laws-info.com. “I would say there is an overwhelming presumption ...
Orlando, FL—As a Florida criminal defense attorney and civil litigator, as well as being a CNN and local news Legal Analyst whose cases have included representing Tiger Woods, Texas Equusearch in the Casey Anthony case , Lou Pearlman and a host of prominent people, politicians and celebrities ...
New York, NY—Saul Bienenfeld says that in today's criminal justice system, the public’s perception of defense attorneys is all wrong.
“One of the biggest challenges criminal defense attorneys face is the perception of people who question the reasoning behind defending people charged with a crime,” he ...
New York, NY—As one of the best defense attorneys in New York City, Glenn A. Garber doesn't just take cases that will win him accolades. Instead, he often finds himself representing people accused of high-profile, shocking crimes.
“In the early 90s, I represented a Japanese national named Yu Kikamura who was convicted ...