Practice Management and Fees

Choosing a criminal lawyer for your charges can be a daunting task. Most people who find themselves in search of a criminal defense attorney are not accustomed to dealing with the law and, therefore, often don't know what to look for or what to expect from a lawyer. Many people begin their search with a [...]

For good or bad, websites, search engines, and Googlebot are facts of advertising life. If Bryan|College Station defense attorneys want to be seen - if they want to get phone calls - they must understand how the system works and use it to their advantage. Face it, most criminal lawyers need to advertise if they [...]

Shawn Matlock recently posted about the "The Business of Winning." He made some important points about the practical aspects of the criminal justice system including the reality of plea bargaining. Shawn stated: "There are degrees of winning, and there are degrees of losing. A win for one client is a loss for another. Every case [...]

I've been practicing criminal law in College Station exclusively since 1990 and I still think hard when setting fees. Besides a lawyer's competence and experience the next most important issue to the client is how much the representation will cost. The fee should compensate the attorney appropriately for the effort they anticipate expending for the [...]