A lawyer who appears in court for persons involved in assault or felony charges is known as an assault charges attorney. They also act as advocate for those charged with physical attacks. Both the above-mentioned crimes are punishable with imprisonment.  It is the duty of this lawyer to see that his client is given bail till the case is adjudicated, and if the case is disposed of with imprisonment, to go on appeal before the appellate court and plead before that court and get justice for his client.

What is an assault?

Any attack on another person with an intention to cause physical harm to the opponent constitutes an assault.  Assault is charged even in some cases where no physical contact has occurred.

What does an assault lawyer do?

In every criminal case involving assault, the main contention of the criminal defense attorney will be that his client did not have any intention to cause harm to the victim in the case. It will be the duty of the lawyer to prove that if there had been any physical contact, it was not intentional but it happened unintentionally as the circumstances warranted it. If he can substantiate his arguments with documentary proof or oral statements given by eyewitnesses he will be able to protect his client from severe penal actions like imprisonment.  Every criminal lawyer expects the accused in assault cases to meet them before they give any statement to police authorities or before they are subjected to interrogation. The aim of criminal defense lawyers is to minimize the possibility of finding the truth behind every assault so that the court is not able to identify the criminals undoubtedly and thus give the accused an opportunity to avail the benefits provide in the law for the innocents.  The lawyer may be in a position to convince the public prosecutor not to press the charges against his client.

Assault case

A person charged with assault often defends stating that the commission of the offense has occurred in his attempt to defend himself from physical torture. The duty of criminal defense attorney is to prove that the act of offense has occurred as a result of the fear on the part of his client about his security and in his attempt to protect his life and property from unauthorized attack or seizing. At times the assault lawyer will be able to negotiate with the lawyer of the victim and come to a settlement so that the case is not preceded further.

Now let us consider what are the qualifications required for becoming an estate litigation lawyer bowie in any of the states of the US.  The first requirement for becoming a lawyer is a pass certificate in any of the graduate examination of the state. In addition to this an assault defense lawyer should be a graduate in law from some law school in the country. He should also have passed the examination conducted by the bar association of the concerned state so as to enable him to practice as a lawyer in any of the courts of the state in question