Im in criminal defense. I feel like I learn a lot everyday. Some say I am an excellent trial attorney (according to my peers, judges, and juries) and I love the work. I was just wondering what do life look like beyond the criminal defense world. Has anyone made the jump into, civil rights law, PI, government, mid-sized firms, solo etc.?
Any advice is helpful. Thanks in advance!
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Re: Options for life after criminal defense
Former Miami ASA here, 90% + of all the PDs I know went to insurance defense. I know 1 former prosecutor who did about 2 years of defense work then jumped to personal injury, and another who jumped to admiralty.
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Re: Options for life after criminal defense
@former Miami asa... what did you do after asa gig?
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Can you post under your regular user name? I'm extremely outable.Anonymous User wrote:@former Miami asa... what did you do after asa gig?
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Re: Options for life after criminal defense
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Re: Options for life after criminal defense
Would you pm me too? I'm interested in what options there are after ASA/PD, thanks. User: tclcsw1Anonymous User wrote:Can you post under your regular user name? I'm extremely outable.Anonymous User wrote:@former Miami asa... what did you do after asa gig?
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Me three lol?? User name: Anonymous DefenderAnonymous User wrote:Can you post under your regular user name? I'm extremely outable.Anonymous User wrote:@former Miami asa... what did you do after asa gig?
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Re: Options for life after criminal defense
Huh.
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Re: Options for life after criminal defense
It's not super common from the PD side (more so for DA's), but you can try to make the jump to local/municipal government. Where I am, we've had people from crim law backgrounds come in and do everything from contracting to civil rights. I'd be happy to answer any questions about it here or in the other thread I made (http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=272463).
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Re: Options for life after criminal defense
I went from public defense to a court agency that deals with similar subject matter. I would target agencies and non profits that represent vulnerable populations (mentally ill, prisoners, child rights, lgbtq). Many of these niche practices have good hours and interesting subject matter, while some others even pay decent. There are certainly circles in the PI community that value the crim defense background.
