Do you have a lawyer

[sbatten]

I have a question for you fellow LTCH carriers out there. I have been following one of the recent threads on how to interact with the police if you are involved in a self defense shooting. One of the things brought up is I want my lawyer present during questioning by police. My question is do you know who you would call if you found yourself in that situation? I personally would not know who to call on a Saturday night. Lawyers are just like anything else there are good ones and bad ones. Do most of you have one in mind in case you would need them?

Thoughts in this situation?

[Jack Ryan]

It's been statistically proven that HALF OF ALL LAWYERS graduate in the bottom 50% of their class with below average grades.

With that in mind, when you are looking through the yellow pages for a lawyer, do you know what the lawyers who graduate at the very bottom of their class call themselves in their ad?





















Answer: a lawyer.

[printcraft]

Q: Do you know what you would call someone who would interact with police after a self defense shooting WITHOUT a lawyer present?















A: A fool.

[Britton]

If you don't have your lawyers cell number in your cell phone then you need to rethink your mindset.

[sbatten]

Originally Posted by printcraft

Q: Do you know what you would call someone who would interact with police after a self defense shooting WITHOUT a lawyer present?

A: A fool.

I agree.
Do you know who you would call though or would you take your chance with the yellow page listings. Does anybody have a list of defense lawyers that specialize in gun law?

[Jack Ryan]

If you feel you NEED your lawyer's number in your cell phone, you need to re-evaluate your mind set.

[40calPUNISHER]

Since nobody else wants to actually help the new guy and answer the question:

http://ingunowners.com/forums/carry_...endations.html

http://ingunowners.com/forums/carry_...endations.html

Your question has come up before and there are a few suggestions in the abovementioned threads. Maybe GunLawyer could provide some suggestions of who he would trust? Don't mean to put him on the spot, but it's like asking a doctor who their doctor is...

[printcraft]

Originally Posted by sbatten

I agree.
Do you know who you would call though or would you take your chance with the yellow page listings. Does anybody have a list of defense lawyers that specialize in gun law?

GunLawyer is a INGO site member. You might send him a pm and ask.

My WIFE is a lawyer, she does not specialize in gun law however.
Now even if they do not specialize in that type of law they SHOULD direct you to lawyer that does.
I know my wife will not take a case that is outside of her area of practice and has tuned down clients, but she will refer the client to another lawyer.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by 40calPUNISHER

Since nobody else wants to actually help the new guy and answer the question:
...........

Hey, give me a minute to type something out!

[Jack Ryan]

Originally Posted by sbatten

I agree.
Do you know who you would call though or would you take your chance with the yellow page listings. Does anybody have a list of defense lawyers that specialize in gun law?

Brent Steele for anything in SW Indiana.

In SE Indiana, Jack Clarkson, William B. Keaton.

After those I have a couple of people with more "expirience" in that area I'd use my phone call to call my wife and tell here to ask ___ and get ahold of who ever he advises.

More important is to take care of yourself. If you are going to be deep enough in any topic that you THINK you may need a lawyer then you better start making YOUR SELF informed on the law and how it applies to your specific situation you are anticipating. Calling a lawyer AFTER you have already screwed the goose with a bunch of nut job advice you've read on gun board forums with every nit wit who can afford a computer advising you is just stacking the deck against yourself.

If we were all high powered lawyers in demand by every one in the state we wouldn't be sitting around pecking on the internet all day. We'd be raking in cash from guys who thought some guy on the internet knew what he was talking about.

[colt45er]

This is something I have been thinking about a lot lately....I know it has been covered but not really.

Lawyers basically work on commission so I would imagine those that working with INGOers already would be willing to get some new clients on retainer....

can we get some names?

Also, for those of you that have a lawyer on retainer, exactly how does this work? Pre paid? Just a relationship and you call and pay? Give us some help here.

Thanks INGO!