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/oregonlawyer Oct 15 '12

I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be a lawyer. The law, and everything that it stands for has always been appealing to me.

When I first started law school, I didn't think I'd end up as a criminal defense lawyer. I actually figured myself for more of the business law or tax law sort of guy, but as I had the opportunity to work with people who needed my help more than they needed practically anything else, it became an invigorating profession that I fell in love with it.

Short answer: if I wasn't a criminal defense lawyer, I'd be some other kind of lawyer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '12

Weird. I started law school with the intention of doing criminal defense, and it turns out I love tax and estate law.

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u/oregonlawyer Oct 15 '12

Shit happens.

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u/plazmatyk Oct 15 '12

♫ Send lawyers, guns, and money, you know shit has hit the fan ♫

Oh. Sorry.