Winning the Acquittal

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Winning the Acquittal: Tips from a High-Profile Trial

By Michael S. Pasano

Criminal defense lawyers recognize they cannot gauge the pain, panic or despair their clients feel may at trial. So they try to guide clients through the alien and unfriendly process of a case by telling it to them straight and giving them choices. It is, after all, the lawyer's job to explore what the best possible resolution of the case is. The best plea, for instance, or whether to testify or remain silent. And then to present the advice to the client. The challenge is to neither understate nor overstate the risks. Because while the defense counsel will go home at night, the client may risk going to jail. And so the lawyer's job is to fight, aggressively and tirelessly, for the client.

This book provides insider's tips on winning a case for the defendant. Based on a trial diary kept by Michael S. Pasano, it documents the day-to-day developments of the high-profile 2009 trial of Luisa Inclan Bird, an advisor to Puerto Rico's former governor. Each step of the trial, from preparation and jury selection to media coverage, cross-examination, and closing, is enhanced with sample questions and practical tools for use in the courtroom. Told in "real time", the book is filled with observations and comments about how criminal defense work is done; what succeeds and does not succeed; how criminal defense attorneys perform their work; and what well-planned steps they take toward winning a judgment for their clients.

Product Details: Product Code: 5090132 $59.95 (Regular) $45.95 (Criminal Justice Section)

Publication Date: March 2011 Page Count: 172 Trim Size: 6 x 9

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Warning the Witness

By Gary H. Collins and David Z. Seide

This guidebook covers the practical issues of attorney-client privilege in internal investigations. Any attorney who conducts an interview in an internal investigation faces a unique set of challenges, not least of which is the tension between representation of the corporate client and fair treatment of the corporate constituent. This book addresses some of the more complex questions associated with the attorney-client privilege.

Product Details: Product Code: 5090127 $59.95 (Regular) $49.95 (Criminal Justice Section)

Publication Date: May 15, 2010 Page Count: 130 Trim Size: 6 x 9 Paperback

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