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13 Affiliate 1 (1987-1988)

handle is hein.journals/aff13 and id is 1 raw text is: Prominent Criminal Defense Attorneys Give Advice to Young Lawyers James Neal and Howard Weitzman are nationally recognized for their work in the area of criminal defense. In recent interviews for The Affiliate, both of these eminent trial lawyers offered advice to young lawyers on the career importance of public service and participation in bar association activit3les. Howard Weitzman Ja res Neal practices with the Nashr'ille, Tennessee, firm of Aeal & Harwell. He received an LL.B.from Vanderbilt U'in iversity School QfLa iw and a n LL.M. from Georgetown Unirersity Law School. Mr. Neal is a Fellow ofthe Amer- iean and Tennessee Bar Foundations and is a member o1 the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the America n College of Trial La wyers. He has acted both as proseutor and as defense attor ney, and he has served as a Special Assistant to the At- torney General of the United States, U.S. District Attorney, and h hif Trial Counsel for the W atergate Spe- cial Prosecution Force. One of Mr. Neal's more recent iblicized cases included the delense anl acquittal of n Landis,for charges brought in connection with the dt-ng qf the morie The Twilight Zone. He has also de- ;ed Ford Motor Company jbr criminal charges -ight in connection with the Pinto death cases, and ,.,represented Goernor Ed win Edwards of Louisiana. your many public service contributions, which have en the most rewarding to you personally? Certainly being Chief Trial Counsel in the Watergate -osecution has been the most rewarding to me person- ,lly. It was an opportunity to affirm that the law applies and can be applied to the highest officials in the land if they abuse their powers and in the course of that abuse violate the criminal laws. It was rewarding in the sense (continued on page 2) Since his admission to the bar in 1967, Howard lVeitz- man has been invoived in numerous bar associations and has held many bar positions including president of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Los Angeles County. As a member of the Los Angeles County Bar As- sociation he served on the Barristers Committee; was chairman of the Federal lndigents Defense Panel; and served as a member of the Judiciary Committee, Judi- cial Evaluation Committee, and Criminal Lawi Section Committee. He has lectured extensively and is the only lawyer to have received on two occasions the Jerry Gies- ler Memorial Award for outstanding criminal trial uork in Los Angeles County. 'ome of Mr. lleitzman's more notable cases in- clude: the defense of Mary Brunner, the only Manson fiamily woman who was charged with murder, but not conrvicted; the defense oi Cathy Smith in the John Beln- shi homicide; and the defense and acquittal of John Z. DeLorean. In your opinion, what needs in the criminal justice area provide the most important public service oppor- tunities for lawyers? The representation of indigent defendants, which pro- vides the public with adequate and competent represen- tation in most instances, and also allows less experienced lawyers to develop their skills which ultimately better serves the public. (continued on page 3) mmes Neal

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