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Are female divorce lawyers better or at a disadvantage in the practice of family law?

The late singer, performer, and soul icon, James Brown, coined the phrase, “This is a man’s world.” In many aspects women continue pressing to overcome professional and social limitations established by centuries of a male dominated legal profession. Many female attorneys have found success and longevity in the area of family law. People tend to forget that divorce and family law issues, unlike other legal matters, usually involve a male-female dispute.

Some time ago in a conversation about hiring a divorce lawyer, a female acquaintance of mine, who experienced a recent divorce, mentioned that she preferred male attorneys. She stated that she chose her attorney because she felt, “he had a sense of arrogance and a no nonsense look.” She continued to explain that, in her opinion, most female divorce attorneys do not possess an aggressive instinct. In my mind, I started questioning how many people had a similar thought process and image of female divorce attorneys.

Here are two reasons why I believe women practicing family law may be at an advantage.

1) Nature – On average, women spend more time discussing and thinking about matters of family and relationships than men do. In other words, we know family and relationships. It’s in our DNA. Women, by nature, tend to be more interested in relationships and their outcomes than men are. This translates into success when communicating and dealing with our family law and divorce clients.

2) Aggressiveness – Female divorce attorneys tend to have more of a “take no prisoners” approach to family law. Some may think it’s because we have a chip on our shoulder, or we’re trying to prove ourselves in a male dominated profession. Those assumptions are simply false. Truthfully, women possess a strong desire to be “right”. Some of my more difficult challenges have come from opposing female counsel. My husband, a school administrator, always prefers to intervene in a fight between two males as opposed to two females. His reasoning being, “Female fights can be vicious.”

I am sure that the misguided beliefs held by my acquaintance are not uncommon. In the chorus of James Brown’s song, “It’s a Man’s World”, the singer draws listeners to the conclusion that this man’s world “wouldn’t be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl.” What would the practice of family law be without female attorneys?

Well, let’s begin our talk with the gossip and then get serious. It seems Gabourey Sidibe who was recently nominated for an Oscar for her role in Precious, has been approached by a weight loss company. It wants to help her lose weight and, of course, by doing so enhance its own reputation. What makes the story so interesting is the aggressiveness of the approach. Here is a young woman who is obviously not unhappy with the way she looks and is successful as she is. Yet a weight loss company thinks she should want to lose weight. Now we could assume this company is altruistic. It knows being obese significantly increases the risk of diabetes, arthritis, some cancers, a stoke or heart disease. If anyone overweight can lose between 5 and 10% of their body weight, these risks are reduced or completely disappear. So why look for celebrity endorsement? The answer lies in the national statistics.

In 2009, the National Institutes of Health reported obese people in the US represented 34% of the population while the number who were merely overweight represented only 32.7%. For the record, this classifies 72 million people as obese, i.e. their BMI is 30 or higher. In fact, the rate of obesity has doubled over the last thirty years and, being dispassionate about it, this represents a major market for weight loss products and services. Billions of dollars are at stake. Against this background, the San Diego Medical Center has been running a clinical trial on POSE. This is a new approach to bariatric surgery. The increasingly common lap band procedure requires the surgeon to enter the body through the abdomen and this inevitably leaves a scar. POSE is surgery performed using an endoscope. This is a device pushed down the throat and into the stomach without any need for an incision. Once inside the stomach, there are tools operated remotely by the surgeon. This allows the stomach walls to be sutured, reducing available space by about one-third. Thus, the effect is the same as in conventional surgery. Patients begin to feel full minutes after starting to eat. Thus, for those who have vanity issues and want to achieve a “body beautiful”, this form of surgery promotes weight loss without scars.

For the purposes of the trial, only people who have a long history of weight problems are being considered. But, if the trial proves a long-term success, you will probably see this type of procedure heavily advertized for people of all weights. It’s not our policy to argue people should not have surgery. There may come a time when people prove themselves so lacking in will power to diet and exercise that physically preventing them from overeating is the only way of saving their lives. But what does concern us is the notion that surgery should become the normal response to weight problems. As a nation, do we really want to spend millions of dollars every year on surgery when the solution to the problem is a diet, physical exercise and phentermine? Just think for a moment. If you buy Phentermine, you get an effective appetite suppressant. Why do people using it not lose weight in the long term? Because they continue to eat massive portions of unhealthy food. People are unable to prevent themselves from overeating. What does that say about the character of Americans? We have become a nation of food junkies, so addicted to eating, we cannot stop even when we know it’s killing us.

Today in America we have the right to be defended for any criminal act that we are accused of doing. We enjoy the benefit of being innocent until proven guilty. A criminal attorney has to represent their client in an honest, and straight forward manner. In Chandler, Arizona, the criminal lawyers have done just that, providing their clients with the best council and representation available.

The Chandler criminal attorneys have it very hard in the sense that such a high number of people are guilty of the crime that they have been accused of doing. The criminal attorney must approach each case like the accused is innocent. The lawyers must be honest, and give straight-forward advice to the accused. The accused must also be honest with their attorney. What you confide in the attorney is privileged information. That means that they lawyer will not reveal in court what you have told them.

When you are being held without bail in jail, the criminal lawyer will go and visit you, keeping you informed on the progress of your case.

Criminal Attorneys in Chandler, Arizona are faced with many cases of people accused of criminal acts. The area is along the Mexican-American border which makes the crime rate very high. The statics show that Chandler is in the 52% percentile of serious crimes committed. This does not mean that if you are accused that you will be convicted.

You need to get an attorney that will believe in you, and present your case showing evidence to prove that you are not guilty. Your attorney must have the ability to have your case investigated, in hopes to find out things that were possibly over looked previously. The attorney must find witness’s that can substantiate where you were when the crime was being committed.

The lawyers should present your case with aggressiveness in order to make sure that you will be found innocent. You want to find attorneys that have good success rates of getting their clients acquitted.

In the event that you did commit the crime, then you need an aggressive attorney who can help you get the best possible sentence. You may be eligible for probation if this is your first offense. You want to know that your attorney will represent you with the determination to free you, or get you the best possible sentence, if faced with going to jail. It is not pleasant to be put into jail, but if that is going to happen then you need to know that you will get the shortest sentence possible.

A criminal attorney must be able to bargain with the judges and the prosecuting attorneys on your behalf for the best results.  Chandler criminal attorneys must be available for consultations when you need them listening to your requests. You also need to know that they will return your phone calls. In the case where you are wrongfully convicted, then you need to know that your attorney will still try to prove your innocence.