California Criminal Defense Attorney Checklist


Keep This On Hand for the Midnight Phone Call

If your client ends up in jail, you may get a frantic midnight phone call. If that person is a celebrity, the situation could be even more delicate.

Here is a helpful list to keep at your home and office to make sure that everything is covered:

– Urge your client to stay calm. Assure them that you or an experienced criminal defense attorney will help them.

– Advise them to maintain a polite, well-mannered demeanor with the police. It won’t help to antagonize anyone.

– Advise them to resist asking for special treatment.

– Get your clients location and booking number.

– Get the name and phone number of a family member.

– Advise your client not to make any statements before consulting further with you or with an attorney who is experienced in dealing with the matter at hand.

– Assure your client that if you are not the appropriate criminal defense attorney, you will contact someone who is.

– Advise your client of the name and number of a good bail bonds-man. (Feel free to call us for a reliable referral.)

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Attorney Lawrence Wolf provides strong legal representation for Criminal Defense and DUI Defense Cases.

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