Lawyer Search

This handbook covers common barriers to the successful lawyer job search, and provides practical, engaging advice about overcoming the stopping blocks. From the initial decision to search for a new job, within or alternative to the legal profession, to closing the deal at a strong interview, the handbook shows lawyers how to manage the process to their best advantage.

Objection Overruled: Overcoming Obstacles in the Lawyer Job Search

The Legality of Search and Seizure in DUI Cases provides an authoritative, insider’s perspective on the laws for seizing evidence in a DUI arrest and the key strategies for challenging these searches. Featuring leading DUI defense practitioners from across the country, these experts guide the reader through recent cases and statutes that have impacted how evidence can be obtained in a DUI stop. Highlighting the common search and seizure procedures utilized by law enforcement officials, the authors explain the types of evidence that can be taken during an arrest and describe how to challenge evidence obtained as the result of an unlawful search. From demanding discovery to questioning the decision to search and suppressing data that was acquired, these leaders emphasize the impact evidence from the traffic stop can have on the outcome of a case and the importance of ensuring that evidence is legal and valid. Additionally, the authors analyze the evolution of DUI evidence and how search and seizure practices and the admission of evidence may change as a result. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today, as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to navigating this developing area of law.

Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives and lawyers (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world’s most respected companies and firms nationwide. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is heading and the most important issues for the future. Each author has been selected based upon their experience and C-level standing within the professional community.

Chapters Include:

1. Kevin Siefken, President and Shareholder, Christian & Peterson PA- “The Best Defense Is a Suppressed Offense: Challenging Evidence Obtained as the Result of an Unlawful Search and Seizure”
2. Daniel Larin, Partner, Larin and Leonard- “Reviewing the Evidence of the Stop and Arrest in a DUI Case”
3. Thomas Payne, Founding Partner, Tom Payne and Associates PLLC- “A New Paradigm for Search and Seizure DUI Cases: An Easier Way to Determine Whether Police Needed a Pry Bar or a Warrant to Enter Your Client’s Car”
4. Mace Yampolsky, President, Mace J. Yampolsky LTD- “Questioning the Validity and Legality of Search and Seizure Evidence: The DUI Exception”
5. Michael J. Brandt, Founder and President, Brandt Criminal Defense- “Basic Search and Seizure Issues in DUI Cases”
6. Travis L. Noble Jr., Principal, Sindel, Sindel & Noble PC- “Disputing the Evidence in DWI Cases”

The Legality of Search and Seizure in DUI Cases: Leading Lawyers on Understanding Law Enforcement Search Procedures, Challenging Seized Evidence, and … … Clients Privacy Rights (Inside the Minds)

The book is a comprehensive guide to the ins and outs of searching for a job in a small to mid-sized law firm, including evaluation of the pros and cons of small firm practice, how to approach small firms effectively, how to negotiate salary and benefits, and how to succeed as a small firm lawyer. While one in every four law school graduates who enters private practice begins his or her career in a small firm or solo practice, few resources have addressed the tremendous range of issues confronting law students who aspire to join the ranks of small firm or solo practitioners. Extensive interviews with small firm practitioners around the country as well as with law school career services directors and bar association professionals provide added inside advice.

Choosing Small, Choosing Smart: Job Search Strategies for Lawyers in the Small Firm Market