How to Hire a Federal Defense Attorney?
If you are directed to a Federal court, or investigation is going on you, you must need a lawyer. You have to find out the right criminal lawyer if you feel you are wrongly accused. You could have confusion on the ways to select the right lawyer for your case.
People who are convicted of drug crimes or immigration cases rarely get private counsel. It has been seen that more than 80% of felonies are poor and indigent that they cannot hire an attorney. Actually they cannot afford to hire one and have to trust the public defense system.
People who cannot afford a private attorney comes under the next most prosecuted crime category that is fraud. In 2016 fraud cases were 10% of total federal cases and they include property destruction, theft from employers’ homes and other cases. Even identity theft, tax fraud, and mail fraud comes under this section.
3% of criminal caseload is white-collar crimes. These are corporate fraud like asset falsification, insider trading and fraud accounting and more. Several organizations can also be accused of violating criminal laws.
Let’s see how you should hire a criminal lawyer:-
The Right Person
You have to hire the right person. You should not hire a divorce lawyer for a criminal case. A divorce lawyer will not work for that case or white-collar criminal investigation.
Hire an Intelligent Person
This is a little tricky to measure someone’s intelligence. But you should check the previous cases, talk to an attorney to understand the depth of knowledge. Ask for referrals. Try to check the background of the lawyer. Try to know about the law school or other professional accomplishments.
Though none of the above can assure the intelligence of a lawyer as there are good and bad both lawyers available. You can ask around, see the reviews and then only decide. Contact us at Foshee and Yaffee for criminal lawyers in OKC.
**Disclaimer: This content is not to be construed as legal advice nor does it establish terms of a client-attorney relationship.