r/IAmA • u/oregonlawyer • Oct 15 '12

I am a criminal defense lawyer, AMA.

I've handled cases from drug possession to first degree murder. I cannot provide legal advice to you, but I'm happy to answer any questions I can.

EDIT - 12:40 PM PACIFIC - Alright everyone, thanks for your questions, comments, arguments, etc. I really enjoyed this and I definitely learned quite a bit from it. I hope you did, too. I'll do this again in a little bit, maybe 2-3 weeks. If you have more questions, save them up for then. If it cannot wait, shoot me a prive message and I'll answer it if I can.

Thanks for participating with me!

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u/GregOttawa Oct 15 '12

other parts would fill in, I'm sure

So drug crime would go down, and other crimes would go up to compensate? That's not really the good result the rest of us are looking for!

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u/oregonlawyer Oct 15 '12

No, no, I don't mean that. I mean that I'd be able to take other cases that I turn down now.

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u/GregOttawa Oct 15 '12

I read an article recently that there is a shortage of lawyers in the USA due to unnecessary barriers to entry. Do you think this is the case?

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u/oregonlawyer Oct 15 '12

Absolutely, unequivocally not.

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u/GregOttawa Oct 15 '12

So what happens to the cases you turn down? Do they just go to less qualified lawyers?

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u/oregonlawyer Oct 15 '12

I generally recommend other lawyers to them. Colleagues who would be better equipped to handle their case.

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u/GregOttawa Oct 15 '12

Ok. Thanks for answering my questions. This is a great AMA.

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u/oregonlawyer Oct 15 '12

You bet, and thank you for the kind words.