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Chuck Strain offers practical advice for successor counsel hired when a client decides to leave his original lawyer. Phone the original lawyer immediately – even before signing on with the client. Be sensitive to the original lawyer’s feelings, and ask for counsel’s insight about the case and client. Perform all the legwork involved in the transition, and offer to pick up or copy useful parts of the file. Explain to the client that the original lawyer remains counsel of record – with all attendant duties to the client and the court undiminished – until the substitution entry is signed.

Practice Points: Immunized Witnesses: Lessons Learned From The Trial Of Mayor Marion S. Barry Jack King,Elizabeth Kelley

Practice Points: Canine Drug Alerts Illustrated Jeffrey S. Weiner

Practice Points-- Ten Ways to Market Your Criminal Practice Today Walter McKee

Practice Points- Quoting A Fee Denis M. de Vlaming

Practice Points- Preparing to Cross-Examine an Expert Witness-- Part 1 William P. Wolf

Practice Points- How to Try a Case Elizabeth Kelly

Practice Points Elizabeth Kelley

Practice Points Denis M. Devlaming, edited by Elizabeth Kelley

Practice Points: Where it all began Marvin D. Miller

Practice Points William V. Roppolo Jr.

Practice Points Denis M. deVlaming

Practice Points: Taking an Effective Deposition in a Criminal Case Shaun Khojayan Practice Points September 2011 57 Taking an Effective Deposition in a Criminal Case A witness is unavailable to come to court, but her testimony is needed. This is yet another obstacle the defense attorney must overcome

The five-point argument outlined in this article has been preserved in a failure to register case under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act at 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a).