Career Essay: A Career As A Criminal Defense Attorney

A criminal defense attorney’s job is to interview witnesses who were there at the scene of the crime and those who know the client personally to defend them in court. They have to ask the witnesses several questions about the crime and/or the client, as would the prosecutor to either prove the client innocent or guilty, and it’s the lawyer’s job to make sure that they maintain their rights and walk away from court, free of handcuffs. A requirement for all lawyers is to conduct legal research and find out how they can prove their client innocent, no matter how much evidence is stacked against them. A criminal defense attorney would have to know the law better than the back of their own hand, and know the loopholes better than their own passwords. Criminal defense lawyers also must gather additional evidence to prove the client innocent,
Most times, the attorney will try and settle before the matter is sent to court. A settlement means that the prosecutor will lessen the charges or drop them completely if the client gives them money or any other form of compensation. Lawyers and attorneys must work extremely long hours, at least 40 hours per week. Most times, long evenings/nights are required by the firm to work on additional cases. All lawyers and attorneys start their careers at a law firm, which can be private or public. From there, the may become a partner at the firm they already work at, or they can open their own firm, which is what most experienced lawyers do. A law firm is where most of the work gets done for both the attorney and the client. At the firm, a lawyer has their office, where they meet with clients, witnesses, and where they conduct a majority of their research. Sometimes two lawyers will get assigned to the same case, which means that they can gather twice a much research in half the time, though this is usually reserved for the major