Control the courtroom, or risk having victory unravel away from you, says Fairfax criminal lawyer

Control the courtroom in a persuasive and effective way. As a Fairfax criminal lawyer, that is vital advice from me to criminal defense lawyers who have little court experience. This approach is not fur the purpose of exercising power for the mere purpose of exercising power, but for the goal of obtaining as much victory and justice as possible for Virginia criminal and DUI defendants, and shrinking and transcending the hurdles along the way in the courthouse. This approach is not about brute force. It is not about convincing the judge that the criminal defense lawyer now owns the courtroom, but with the caveat that the lawyer will follow the judge’s lawful rulings and directives, so long as doing so is consistent with constantly striving for as much victory as possible for the defendant,.

Taking control of the courtroom starts with the Virginia criminal lawyer’s feeling fearlessness and comfor in his or her own skin

The story goes that a man asked a great swordsman to teach him the craft of swordfighting. Before responding to the inquiry, the swordsman asked the would-be student about what life skills he had mastered already. The student denied having mastered anything, until realizing that he had overcome any fear of death. The swordsman responded that the student’s fearlessness of death meant that the swordsman had nothing to teach him. Fear of death or of anything else is a blockage to pursuing the essential path and energy flow to as much victory as possible in court. When a great Fairfax criminal lawyer sheds his or her ego and fears and his or her expectations of how the next moment, hour or day will unfold, s/he may then advance even by quantum leaps to the next level of personal, professional and client achievement, and with courtroom control.

Who is the courtroom’s most challenging person to a Virginia criminal lawyer?

The answer to the foregoing question on the road to taking control in the courtroom, is for the Virginia criminal lawyer to look in a handheld mirror. Once we as criminal defense lawyers remove our internal psychological gunk and recognize that we are in the courthouse not for ourselves, but for the client who is sitting right next to us, with a beating heart and blood recirculating through their blood vessels. The judge, jurors, prosecutor, police and courthouse security staff may present themselves as hurdles. At the same time, every one of the people in your courtroom have the capacity to do good, udder evil, and everything in between.

How much does your potential Fairfax criminal lawyer have his or her life together?

As you see from this article’s contents thus far, an essential ingredient for your Virginia criminal lawyer to take effective control of the courtroom, is for the criminal defense attorney to keep working on himself or herself, both on the personal and professional levels. You certainly are entitled to ask your potential Fairfax criminal lawyer how much s/he has his or her life together. It is okay if your lawyer is suffering from psychological and/or physical hurdles, at least as long as your attorney recognizes and addresses those challenges.

Go to Virginia criminal court fully energized for the possible victory that might be achieved

Another essential part of taking effective control in the courtroom is for your Fairfax criminal lawyer to be fully energized for the possible victories that might be achieved. For instance, proceeding to a lengthy trial is imperfectly akin (and often less entertaining) to being in a commonly designed subpoena, with ho windows nor clocks to make the gamblers self conscious about whether they have spent too much time as the craps tables. The only way for a Virginia criminal defense lawyer to know how successful s/he will be in a lengthy trial is to have experience with that, where the Fairfax criminal attorney can feel isolated from the outside of the world during trial, at least until the lunch and dinner breaks.

Taking control of the powerful Virginia criminal defense narrative is more like the wild west than about the more staid environment of appellate courts

The above sentence on taking control in the courtroom underlines that an effective Virginia criminal defense lawyer can remain effective and tell a persuasive story without needing to engage people who carry around a big batch of proverbial personal poison, and to instead focus on the people who either have to be weakened, engaged, or dominated. This, for instance, means that cross examining a prosecution witness is not about maintaining country club-type elegant airs, but more about a verbal rough and tumble, even if wrapped into more police sounding tone of voice and actions. An effective Virginia criminal defense lawyer can, for instance, start this approach by not letting the prosecution witness think s/he may simply tell their recollection of relevant events, and then leave. No. Once such witnesses have been questioned by the prosecutor, it is not my turn. I embrace that turn.

Fairfax criminal lawyer Jonathan Katz is neither a rebel without a cause nor a thinker inside the box, Instead, Jon keeps imagining ways to enhance his roadmap to success for each client. Learn the great things Jon Katz can do for you by calling 703-383-1100 for your free in-person confidential consultation about your court pending case.