It is never a good situation when you are slammed with a criminal offense. Every move you make towards this upcoming case will ultimately effect the ruling. Staying cool and collected is the key. Step one, picking the right Virginia Beach criminal attorney for your case.
Begin your battle plans by checking the internet. Everything you could ever what to know about your attorney can be found here. If you can't find it there are many sites like wikianswers and answers.yahoo that you can ask your questions on. You will be surprise how quickly you get a response most the time. Some important facts to look up would be making sure they relate to your case, their win percentage, and reviews on past performances and conduct. The internet will be your most useful tool, but not your only tool.
Next thing you want to do is choose the top virginia beach attorneys you think will be right for you. In most cases you can set up a one-on-one appointment for free consolation. You want to be as prepared as they are for this meeting. They want to be your attorney, but you want to play a little "hard to get". Be sure to bring something to write on and with. How I went about this was splitting the page in 3. The top to sections was pros and cons and the bottom was additional comments. You should ask a few of the following questions: "Do you teach law in your particular field?" , being a teaching of their specific field is a reassurances of their expertise. "How many court cases have you had to date?" experience is always vital, the more they are in the court room the more situations they know how to face, the better they are.. "What was your best case?" In general when I asked this question it threw off most attorneys, a curve ball, but the ones that chuckled and stated a funny experience, or pored out and emotional roller coaster of a case were the ones that I found did the best in the court room. They not only put effort into the case, but emotion. These questions are just a few of many, don't hesitate at all to ask any questions, it is their job to present themselves to you not the other way around.
Once you gathered all your data its time to overview it. Weigh up the pros and cons of each person. What I did was make a little game out of it. The person with the most "points" won. Pros were 1-5 point value of what I though was important and cons were negative 1-5. I'm sure however you do this process you want to do the same thing and weight the situation. Taking financial, time, and quality into mind with each pro and con. After all this you should emerge with a winning attorney to help you with your case.
Once again I wish you good luck on your case. I hope you find this information fruitful and if you have anything to add about your experience with searching for the right Virginia Beach criminal attorney just post a comment!