Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer: David R. Yannetti

Boston, MA—After struggling through his first year of law school, criminal defense attorney David Yannetti remembers questioning whether he wanted to be a lawyer at all.  In his second year, however, everything changed—leading to a career in which he'd end up being named one of America's best lawyers by U.S. News ...

Wisconsin Criminal Defense Attorney Taking a Stand Against Injustice

Waukesha, WI—Anthony Cotton first realized that he wanted to become a criminal defense attorney while working thousands of miles from home. “It happened when I was working in East Africa investigating war crimes,” he told laws-info.com in a recent interview.  I realized how powerful the state could be ...

Fighting for Your Rights: Criminal Defense Attorney Matthew Galluzzo

New York, NY—While some people only realize they want to be part of the criminal law world once they're already in law school, trial has been in defense attorney Matthew Galluzzo's blood for much longer. “I can remember as a fifth grader organizing a criminal trial for a classmate who had committed some perceived ...

Prestigious Criminal Defense Attorney Gives His Formula to Success

New York, NY—After defending clients from criminal allegations in many high profile cases, 45 year old Joseph Tacopina says that it takes a combination of factors to make a successful criminal defense attorney.  “My formula to success is passion and hard work.  You have to work incredibly hard, and for me it took many ...

Like Father, Like Son: Criminal Law Attorney Todd Spodek

New York, NY—For Todd Spodek, the seeds of a successful career in law were sown during childhood.  “As a child working for my father's law firm,” Spodek recalled in a recent interview with laws-info.com, “I was intrigued by the courts and the criminal trial process.  I knew early on that I wanted ...

Legal Analyst, Author and Defense Attorney: Mickey Sherman

Greenwich, CT—Legal analyst, author and criminal defense attorney Mickey Sherman says that one of the biggest challenges facing criminal defendants today is a matter of public perception. “The public view is that everyone must be guilty if they got arrested,” Sherman told laws-info ...

Manavi: Confronting Domestic Violence in the South Asian Community

Domestic violence organizations across the country have celebrated the recent reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).  This new legislation is more powerful than the older version, because it both expands and creates new federal programs that help victims of sexual and domestic violence.  VAWA is responsible ...

Criminal Law Attorney Nicole DeBorde Talks Defense

Houston, TX—While she knew from the time she started in law school that she wanted to be in the courtroom, criminal defense attorney Nicole DeBorde started where many aspiring criminal lawyers do: in the prosecutor's office. “I worked as a prosecutor for several years, and at some point, I was not feeling as passionate ...

Prominent Criminal Law Attorney Bryan Stevenson Talks Defense

Montgomery, AL—Shortly after moving to Montgomery in the 1980s to work for the then-new Equal Justice Initiative, defense attorney BryanStevenson got to meet one of the biggest icons of the civil rights movement: Rosa Parks, the black activist who most famously was arrested for her protest of an unconstitutional Alabama law requiring ...

Healing Abuse in the Bay State - HAWC

The Violence Against Women Act was passed by both chambers of Congress, and its reauthorization was signed into law by President Obama earlier this month. This marks a milestone for the women’s rights movements and for victims of sexual and domestic violence all across the country. Since 1994, VAWA has changed the way our societydeal ...

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