San Francisco, CA—While some lawyers clamor for cases that put them in the spotlight, for criminal defense attorney Nanci Clarence, pride in her work comes from other sources. “The cases that I am the most proud to have handled are cases that no one has ever heard of,” she told laws-info.com in ...
Washington, DC—Named as a 2012 “Super Lawyer” by the Washington Post, Cary Feldman has been working as an attorney for 38 years. He has been in private practice around stints as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and as the Deputy Independent Counsel for the investigation of Bruce Babbitt, former U.S. Secretary ...
NEW YORK, NY—A commitment to civil rights for all people started early for Robert J. Feldman, an attorney who has been representing criminal defendants for over 30 years. According to Feldman, his “wild adolescence during the 1960s caused me to always be suspicious of government and to cherish freedom and civil ...
Washington, DC—After a career spanning 33 countries and 44 states, some attorneys would be thinking about leaving the law. Not Ty Cobb, famous for his work on white collar crime and corruption cases. “I loved and still love what I do,” he told laws-info.com in a recent interview. ...
Minneapolis, MN—After over 40 years working as a criminal defense attorney, Joseph S. Friedberg still remembers his first big case. “It happened about 43 years ago and it was my third case ever,” he told laws-info.com in a recent interview. “ I originally believed that my clients self defense ...
SEATTLE, WA—Criminal defense attorneys usually have a relationship with law enforcement that can be described as antagonistic. Anne Bremner, one of America's best known legal analysts, made her name as a defense attorney with a twist: she worked to represent police officers and law enforcement agencies when they were ...
Queens, New York—Some criminal defense attorneys start in the public defender's office, defending clients who don't have the money to afford their own lawyer. Some, however, start on the other side of the criminal law fence, in the prosecutor's office. Rochelle Berliner, a talented rising star in the criminal ...
Alexandria, VA—For Christopher Leibig, a practicing attorney in the state of Virginia since 1996, a career in criminal defense started with clambering onto a roof.
Leibig explains: “The summer after my first year of law school I got a job as an investigator for the Public Defender Service in Washington, D.C.. My ...
Alexandria, VA—43 years of criminal defense practice have made John Zwerling one of the most experienced and effective criminal defenders in the Washington, D.C. area.
For Zwerling, the choice to represent criminal defendants was an easy one. “I have always rooted for the underdog and challenged authority,” ...
Sexual harassment allegations made against the chief executive officer of Waffle House, a Southern regional chain of diners, have put harassment back into the media spotlight. The accusations against Waffle House Chief Executive Officer Joe Rogers come from his longtime housekeeper and sexual partner.
The woman, Mye ...