Criminal Lawyer
Air Force
- Worked closely with legal, sales and management departments.
- Worked with clients to prepare and attend revocation hearings, bail bond hearings, trials, plea bargains, appeals and post conviction programs.
- Maintained relationships with investigators by collecting facts and evidence, obtaining documents by subpoena and negotiating with prosecutors, probation officers and victims.
- Solely defended [Number] clients needing indigent criminal defense and was team member for $[Number] settlement cases with [Number] other attorneys.
- Crafted legal instruments for team of attorneys and prepared for trials using interviews, presentations and jury selection.
- Tried cases from petty theft to gang related felonies for private, paid clients and indigent citizens.
- Represented clients in civil litigation, criminal proceedings and appeals in state and federal courts.
- Researched and interpreted laws, rulings and regulations to advise clients on business and legal transactions.
- Developed strategies to resolve cases in client's best interest.
- Assisted clients in formation, governance and dissolution of businesses.
- Provided legal counsel to clients on diverse business, financial and civil matters.
- Advocated for clients before court in oral argument by presenting facts and evidence in most favorable light.
- Filed timely case pleadings to meet firm deadlines.
- Represented clients in administrative proceedings before government agencies.
- Conducted legal research and conferred with colleagues with subject matter expertise to develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases.
- Developed strategies and arguments for hearings, trials and appeals.
- Developed legal strategies to protect client interests and resolve disputes.
- Negotiated settlements of disputes and litigation.
- Drafted, reviewed and negotiated contracts and other legal documents to support client needs.
- Analyzed probable outcomes of cases using knowledge of legal precedents.
