I did not intend to be a criminal defense lawyer, and it seems my classmates knew I was destined for this job even before I did.

The start of law school for me also marked the start a devastating economic downturn.  While I originally wanted to focus on law in the technology sector, the only job I could find after my first year of law school was in the Griffin Circuit Public Defender's Office (where I would ultimately be employed upon passing the Bar).  Within a few weeks of starting that internship I managed to get a client's case dismissed, and from then on I was hooked.  I returned to law school and changed all my classes to focus on criminal defense, and began taking as many internship opportunities as I could get (including working at the Federal Defender's Office and the Narcotics Division of the Bibb County Public Defender's Office).  Even in classes that applied to both civil and criminal I signed up for professors with backgrounds in criminal practice.

I have dedicated my practice to helping stand with people accused of crimes.  I am, perhaps even to a fault, heavily invested in my clients and their needs.  I lose sleep worrying about cases, and many of my personal "vacations" are criminal defense seminars.  Criminal defense is my life, and my love, and I consider it an honor to be chosen by people to protect them when the Sovereign comes to take their freedom.