Q: I'm looking for a pro bono lawyer, a law student needing credit that can serve as an attorney, or one on payment plan
The charge is attempted murder dangerous depraved w/o premeditation. Mental illness runs in my family and he needs to be where he can get the help he needs. The victim isn't pressing charges and I'm the only witness. The defendant is my son.
A:
A law student would be committing unlicensed practice of law.
If you want an attorney, then you must contact them individually.
When I am asked to perform pro bono servces, I ask the requestor what the person has done to pay it forward. I virtually always hear that I will do it now.
That is not paying it forward. That is bartering. Paying it forward means you have done things without compensation and without any belief you would be compensated before an event occurs.
A: The public defender’s office represents those individuals who can not afford to retain a lawyer. If your son doesn’t have a lawyer, you should make an application to the court for the appointment of a public defender. He or she will act as your son’s “pro bono” lawyer. An attempted murder case is a very serious matter. It is rare that someone would take such a case without payment. Taking on such a case for free leads me to think of the following: no good deed goes unpunished.
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