On April 11, 2010, the Greater Phoenix area Boys and Girls Club Executive Counsel sponsored their annual Taste Festival. This festival involves various foods and wines being debuted at the Kierland Outdoor Shopping Mall in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Approximately 6,000 people attended who all donated varying amounts of money to the Boys and Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix. Arizona Criminal Lawyer David Michael Cantor donated 7,000 bottles of water for the event, which took place between 6:00 and 9:00 at night.

“We have donated to this cause every year for over a decade, and we are happy to see a bigger and better turnout as time goes on,” said Arizona Criminal Lawyer David Michael Cantor. “In addition to donating money, our office has also donated legal services to the Executive Counsel in the past.”

The Law Offices of David Michael Cantor enjoy an excellent reputation as Arizona Criminal Lawyers and throughout the Legal Community because of their aggressiveness, integrity, honesty, and professionalism. For more information about the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor visit http://www.dmcantor.com.

About the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor
The Law Offices of David Michael Cantor feature criminal defense attorneys in Arizona who are ready to represent you. As Arizona’s premier defense lawyer, David Michael Cantor defends DUI/ DWI cases, vehicular crimes, homicide, drug and sex offenses, white collar and property crimes. David Michael Cantor is AV Rated – the highest rating possible – and was voted a Top 100 trial lawyer. David Michael Cantor has been interviewed and has appeared on Inside Edition, the CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, CNN Prime News, Hannitty and Combs, and every local news channel including Univision. In addition, his cases have been covered by CNN, MSNBC, and even Howard Stern.

Criminal Lawyer Cantor was asked to speak about the “nuts and bolts” of criminal procedure by Professor Keith Swisher. Swisher asked Cantor to speak to his student because of Cantor’s expertise in criminal defense and because he discovered that most criminal procedure text books have little or nothing to do with the actual ‘what happens next’ in a criminal case.

Cantor provided basic information regarding all stages of what occurs after a traffic stop, from the issuance of the ticket to being booked into jail, to the case’s final appellate stage. In addition, the differences between Juvenile Court and Adult Court were discussed in depth with the students.

“My goal was to prepare the law students to be ‘practice ready’ from the moment they pass the bar exam,” said criminal defense lawyer David Michael Cantor.

Cantor also discussed the DUI laws in Arizona, and what a person should do if they are stopped by the police. Cantor informed the students that this would probably be the most common questions asked of the young law students by friends, family and acquaintances upon leaving law school.

“The offense of DUI does not involve an evil heart, such as theft murder or other violent crimes,” Cantor said to the students. “But it is what is known as a threshold crime because it is legal to drink and drive, but it is illegal to drive impaired or above a .08.”

The Law Offices of David Michael Cantor enjoys an excellent reputation as Criminal Lawyers, and throughout the Legal Community because of their aggressiveness, integrity, honesty, and professionalism. For more information about the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor visit http://dmcantor.com.

About the Law Offices of David Michael Cantor
The Law Offices of David Michael Cantor feature criminal defense attorneys in Arizona who are ready to represent you. As Arizona’s premier defense lawyer, David Michael Cantor defends DUI/ DWI cases, vehicular crimes, homicide, drug and sex offenses, white collar and property crimes. David Michael Cantor is AV Rated – the highest rating possible – and was voted a Top 100 trial lawyer. David Michael Cantor has been interviewed and has appeared on Inside Edition, the CBS Morning Show, Good Morning America, CNN Prime News, Hannitty and Combs, and every local news channel including Univision. In addition, his cases have been covered by CNN, MSNBC, and even Howard Stern.

The American Bar Association released a recent conclusion that indigent defense in this country has reached a state of crisis. Many defenders are forced to handle well over a thousand cases a year, more than 3 times the ABA says a criminal lawyer can adequately handle. In this challenging tax economy, public defenders in many communities simply don’t have the funds to give their clients the adequate defense the Constitution demands.

Added to this burden, the very structure of our state and federal post conviction review systems further contributes to the problem instead of providing a solution. Procedural efforts to review it make it difficult for defendants to challenge the effectiveness of their criminal lawyer. As a result, there is really no way of prosecuting criminal lawyer incompetence, which leads to a system of unaccountability on the part of a community funded criminal lawyer.

Problems with State Post Conviction Review Procedures
Many states require defendants challenging the ineffective assistance of their trail counsel must do so through post conviction review, rather than on direct appeal. Most states limit direct appeal to statements and actions directly reflected by the trial record. Because proving ineffective assistance of trial counsel often depends upon a criminal lawyer and his or her failure to do something, the legal proceedings need to take in more than just the direct appeal.

Defense attorneys are given very short time windows to file such motions (often in as little as 30 days), so the defense they get to represent them is often the same one who is the subject of the motion, which creates a conflict of interest. It is very difficult to make a case in such the limited time period allowed.

Clients also have difficulty making legal claims asserting ineffective assistance of trial counsel because they have no Constitutional right to counsel on post conviction review. A client who must then represent himself during a post conviction review has to blindly deal with filing deadlines, substantiating evidence and prosecuting the case, which is beyond the capabilities of most of the accused.

The value of a quality criminal lawyer
The solution is to be represented by a reputable criminal lawyer from the beginning. While state funded lawyers may fulfill the state’s need to provide legal counsel, it is far from adequate legal counsel. If you need a criminal lawyer, any investment you can make in your case is worth the effort. A good lawyer can create a much more beneficial outcome that will make post conviction review completely irrelevant.

Money for quality legal advice is money that is well spent. When considering your future, get the best criminal lawyer you can afford, even if it means taking out a loan or other investment to fund the means.