The practice of law is filled with numerous challenges. One of challenges I face in the practice of law are clients who don’t follow my advice when it comes to keeping silent in court.
Recently, a man was having a trial in front of Judge Trusock and he made the emotional decision to represent himself. You can read the article here at Mlive. In my practice of law, I make sure to always try to calm my clients down by earning their trust. When a client trusts me, they will be more likely to listen to my advise.
The practice of law in the criminal field is based on the fact that someone’s liberty is in jeopardy. While in the practice of law, especially in criminal law, I have noticed that my clients are highly emotional and sometimes make decisions that are not rational when my clients are facing criminal charges. This is where I use my experience in the practice of law to help out my clients. I calm them down. I tell them how I am going to fight for them. I tell them to trust the expert that will counsel them every step of the way!
In my practice of law, I believe in trying to get my clients’ criminal charges dropped. If I am not able to do that, I use my experience in the practice of law to see if I can win the case at trial. Sometimes in criminal law, a good outcome is reducing the punishment. In my practice of law, I found that many times the best job I can do is keeping my client out of jail, prison and/or reducing the charges. I always make sure to keep my clients up to date on their case and never let them feel like they are clueless about what is going to happen in their case.
In my practice of law, I have found that sometimes the best work I do is getting my client to make a rational choice when it comes to taking a plea deal. I have had clients want to take cases to trial on the “principle of it.” In these cases, the evidence clearly showed my client was guilty and a trial on principle would only further damage my client. Always listen to the expert advice of your lawyer! After all, why pay for a lawyer if you aren’t going to listen to the advice of the lawyer!