{"id":26519,"date":"2017-03-31T13:18:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=26519"},"modified":"2017-03-31T13:18:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T18:18:52","slug":"simple-justice-blog-kopfs-top-ten-observations-about-criminal-defense-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=26519","title":{"rendered":"Simple Justice blog: Kopf\u2019s Top Ten Observations About Criminal Defense Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kopf\u2019s Top Ten Observations About Criminal Defense Lawyers<\/a> by Richard G. Kopf, Senior United States District Judge (Nebraska):<\/p>\n

10. Criminal defense lawyers are at great risk of becoming drunken bastards\u2014the stress is beyond description.<\/p>\n

9. Being a good criminal defense lawyer requires sincerity whereas being a great criminal defense lawyer requires the ability to fake it.<\/p>\n

8. When it comes to convincing a client to accept a guilty plea because it is in the manifest best interests of the client, a criminal defense lawyer must become a client whisperer.<\/p>\n

7. When it comes to convincing a client to reject a plea offer and take the case to a jury, a criminal defense lawyer (regardless of gender) must possess balls of steel.<\/p>\n

6. Real criminal defense lawyers don\u2019t hate prosecutors, but they don\u2019t trust them either.<\/p>\n

5. Criminal defense lawyers know that the federal trial judge is never their friend, but the judge is seldom their enemy.<\/p>\n

4. A tiny fraction of people who have law degrees have the ability to become even mediocre criminal defense lawyers.<\/p>\n

3. If you became a criminal defense lawyer because you like Rolex watches, then you are an asshole.<\/p>\n

2. You must have a big ego to become a decent criminal defense lawyer but you must not be an egotist\u2014it is never, ever about you.<\/p>\n

1. Real criminal defense lawyers represent clients and not causes.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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