You Can't Be Afraid of Losing

No one likes to lose. It's just not that fun. When I lose, I feel like a chump, like someone got the best of me. And my natural inclination is not to let that happen again.

The problem, here, though, is that for some people, the drive not to feel the feeling of losing steers them toward not even getting in the game instead of getting good enough to go out there and kick some ass. And that's too bad.

Sadly, a lot of criminal attorneys have turned out this way. It's not easy being a criminal attorney. Though the deck is often stacked against us, the truth is the facts are often stacked against us. That means before we even get started it's like we are David facing Goliath.

Some people learn to laugh that disadvantage in the face and press forward trying eternally to end up like the fight in David and Goliath did. Some shrink away and take any plea deal they can squeeze out of the state. Who do you want as your DUI lawyer?

In the end, you simply can't be afraid of losing. Let your clients do that. It's their skin on the line, by the way. Your job as a criminal attorney is to walk into every courtroom and kick ass and take names. That means being the most prepared person in the courtroom. It means being a bad ass lawyer. And it means going in there, even when the odds are great and giving it your best shot.

Upsets occur every day in every profession. Why not criminal defense?