BUYER BEWARE - LAWYER ADVERTISING AND LETTERS BY CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA
by Glen R. Graham - Criminal Defense Attorney, Tulsa, OK
Phone (918) 583-4621 or (918) 260-8184
It is now common practice for some lawyers to mail advertisements to people who have been arrested. Some
of the letters proclaim how much the lawyer CARES!!!
Does the lawyer imply that other lawyers don’t care and that they are the only
ones who care? That is not true. Why does
anyone need to say they care if they really care? Some letters are from lawyers that are
relatively new to the practice of criminal law, but they have decided to switch
from a civil practice to a criminal practice even though they have never tried a criminal case. Some of the letters are from lawyers who will
not state that they have only been practicing law a few months or a year or two.
If the letter fails to
state length of practice – BUYER BEWARE!!! Some letters are from lawyers who are not in
the phone book and not on the Internet – BUYER BEWARE!!! Too many
letters are from lawyers who do not have a real personal office and use
conference rooms to meet people or try to meet you in the hallway at the court
house or at a restaurant. Super
cheap lawyers making outrageous extreme promises cannot deliver. A long time ago, some lawyers told stories about people sharing a phone booth for a telephone and now the modern equivalent would be five to twenty lawyers sharing a small office space and conference room or not even having an office and just meeting people in court. There is a movie called the "Lincoln Lawyer" about a lawyer who meets his clients in his lincoln automobile and has a chaufer. An office may not be a necessity but it is more professional and most people expect a good lawyer to have an office.
In response to mail out letters, some lawyers have chosen to respond with their own mail-out advertisement advising the potential client of the questionable practice of hiring someone based on an advertisement without doing any kind of research on that person. Hiring an attorney with no phone in the phone book who has never tried a case or has only tried one case could be a costly mistake! You should always do some kind of research before hiring anyone! Buyer beware!!!I have practiced law for over 25 years and I have handled numerous Misdemeanor – Felony cases. If you are charged with a criminal offense, you should hire an experienced lawyer as soon as possible to protect your rights. I offer some Payment Plans or Visa / Master Charge. I am an honest attorney and a member of the Tulsa Better Business Bureau (BBB) and I will work hard to keep you out of jail and to win your case or get the best deal available. I have the experience to aggressively fight your case all the way through trial or to obtain the best plea bargain.
Some
people spend more time shopping
for groceries than they do picking
an attorney! Meeting a total stranger at the court house and handing them money to represent you is not the
best way to hire an attorney. A real lawyer should want to meet you in
their real private office.
IF IT SOUNDS
TOO GOOD TO
BE TRUE -
BUYER BEWARE!!!
Super cheap lawyers that make outrageous extreme promises cannot deliver on their false promises and extreme lies.
Some lawyers may not be able to try
your case because of many issues and you need to carefully consider which lawyer
you hire. You want a lawyer to finish
your case and not withdraw using some made up excuse or who has problems.
Some lawyers have serious personal problems and if you met them in person before the court date, you might not hire them, so they try to meet you in court so you are stuck with them! You should meet a REAL lawyer before the court date in their REAL OFFICE if they have one? Blind dates seldom work out.
Who has the right mind set to represent
defendants - Defense Attorneys or Prosecutors? A former prosecutor who has decided to do a 180 degree change in philosophy and to
go from incarcerating people and putting people in jail to now attempting to
defend people is making a giant leap in mental attitude. You need a Defense Attorney to defend you and not a prosecutor! Does the so called defense attorney belong to
any of the major organizations committed to defending people such as the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL),
Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association (OCDLA), and the Tulsa Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association (TCDLA). Some criminal attorneys or former
prosecutors do not join criminal defense organizations or will not participate.
Is the
lawyer a member of the Better Business Bureau? (BBB) I am.
Some bondsman may refer people to specific
attorneys for super quick guilty
pleas so they can write another bond
and you should be careful about any referrals.
My fee on any case is negotiable and it is based upon the amount of time and work and other factors. You need direct honest answers, give me a call so we can schedule
an appointment for you to come to my office at (918) 583-4621 or
(918) 260-8184
If you find
anything in this communication to be inaccurate or misleading, you may report
the same by writing to the General Counsel of the Oklahoma Bar Assoc., PO Box
53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152 or by calling 1-800-522-8065.
