i think it’s about the people themselves
i was a therapist before was a lawyer so
i have a sense of what people’s personal
emotional experience might be with this
type of a serious event in their lives
not only their lives but the lives of
their families so it’s important for us
to keep the communications open and to
consider their
passion and their concern for what’s
happening to them so that’s part of what
our philosophy has been is to
communicate and to care about the client
and the family
well i do a lot of the federal work here
and when you’re dealing with a
prosecutor whether it’s federal or state
the most important part is to open the
door for communication and to be honest
with them about what you see is
mitigating factors in the case and to
try to offset some of the aggravating
factors when you have those open
conversations with the prosecutors you
sometimes can get more than you think
you can and i think it’s about a
relationship that you develop with
honesty and so that’s how we approach
our prosecutors and trying to get them
on board to see both the good and the
bad of the case because the cases aren’t
all good they’re partly bad so you want
to try to get the best outcome you can
for your client with that kind of
communication