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A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity.Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various jurisdictions with criminal courts for appointment to represent indigent persons; the latter are generally called public defenders.
Dick DeGuerin (born February 16, 1941, in Austin, Texas) is an American criminal defense attorney based in Houston, [1] [2] most notable for defending Tom DeLay, Allen Stanford, David Koresh and Robert Durst. In 1994, DeGuerin was named Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year by the State Bar of Texas Criminal Justice Section. [3]
Mark Matthew O'Mara (born February 8, 1956) is an American criminal defense lawyer in Orlando, Florida, known for being the attorney for George Zimmerman. [2] [3] He is a former prosecutor. [4] O'Mara is a legal analyst for CNN. [5] [6]
Gerald Leonard Spence (born January 8, 1929) is a semi-retired American trial lawyer and author. He is a member of the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame, and is the founder of the Trial Lawyers College. [2] Spence has never lost a criminal case before a jury either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney, and did not lose a civil case between 1969 and 2010.
Judy Clare Clarke (born 1952) is an American criminal defense attorney who has represented several high-profile defendants such as Ted Kaczynski, Eric Rudolph, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Joseph Edward Duncan, Zacarias Moussaoui, Jared Lee Loughner, Robert Gregory Bowers, Burford Furrow, Lisa Montgomery and Susan Smith.
Cutler's father, Murray Cutler, was a New York City detective who later became a criminal defense attorney. While being interviewed on the radio program Conversations With Allan Wolper on WBGO 88.3 FM, Cutler said that he was inspired by his father's pro-labor, pro-union loyalties to an FDR-style Social Democratic position.
Benjamin Brafman (born July 21, 1948) [1] is an American criminal defense attorney and founder of the Manhattan-based law firm Brafman & Associates. [2] Brafman is known for representing many high-profile defendants, including celebrities, accused Mafia members, and political figures.
Sadow has a reputation as one of Atlanta's "most talented criminal defense lawyers." [ 5 ] In 2021, Sadow was a critic of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act , [ 6 ] [ 5 ] claiming that the law was both overused [ 7 ] and also used beyond reasonable limits. [ 8 ]