nostupidquestions·No Stupid QuestionsbyDon_Dickle How can you telll the difference between a good defence lawyer and a bad one?View original on lemmy.world21Comments10Reply
OOwOarchist pawb.social1Hide 1 replyA good defense lawyer knows the law. A great defense lawyer knows the judge.23Reply
ExtremeDullard piefed.social How can you telll the difference between a good defence lawyer and a bad one? Are you posting this from jail?13Reply
VViking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com 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.10Reply
Don_Dickle replylemmy.worldlol in another thread someone said I would ask this question next. So thought it would be funny to make them right.2Reply
Midnight Wolf lemmy.world2Hide 2 repliesIf he wears a red and white striped club tie in a half-windsor knot, he's awful.1Reply
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A good defense lawyer knows the law.
A great defense lawyer knows the judge.
This is the right answer.
Are you posting this from jail?
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.
Are his pants on fire? Likely a good lawyer then.
Donathan Montgomery Augustus Dickle, what did you DO?
lol in another thread someone said I would ask this question next. So thought it would be funny to make them right.
If he wears a red and white striped club tie in a half-windsor knot, he's awful.
What if they're not wearing a tie at all?
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