| A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer specializes in | | | | in military service, with sea lawyer (in the |
| the defense of persons and companies charged | | | | Navy).and "barracks lawyer" in the United States |
| with illegal behavior. Criminal defense lawyers | | | | Army. Nevertheless, the habit of players to argue |
| contract with the issues surrounding the | | | | in a legal fashion over rule implementation was |
| apprehension, searches of client or property, and | | | | noted early on in the history of Dungeons and |
| arrest of his or her client as well as any | | | | Dragons. Rules lawyers are one of the "player |
| statements the client may have made. Criminal | | | | styles" covered in Dungeon Master for Dummies. |
| defense lawyers also deal with the substantive | | | | The rules of the game Munchkin include various |
| issues of the offense with which his or her clients | | | | parodies of rules lawyer behavior. A personal |
| are charged. In the United States criminal | | | | injury lawyer is a lawyer who provides legal |
| defendants are allowed to the presumption of | | | | illustration to those who claim to have been |
| innocence until prosecutors prove each essential | | | | injured, physically or psychologically, as a result of |
| element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt. | | | | the carelessness or bad behavior of another |
| Serious crimes (e.g. felonies) in the United States | | | | person, company, government agency, or other |
| are tried to juries of twelve people and the jury | | | | entity. Thus, personal injury lawyers tend to be |
| must be unanimous in its verdict to either convict | | | | especially knowledgeable and have more |
| or acquit the defendant. A split in the jury is often | | | | experience with regard to the area of law known |
| called a "hung jury" and may result in a retrial of | | | | as tort law, which includes civil wrongs and |
| the defendant. Criminal defense lawyers actively | | | | economic or non-economic damages to a |
| pursue their client's cause through all stages of a | | | | person’s property, reputation, or rights. Even |
| criminal prosecution. Criminal defense lawyers in | | | | though personal injury lawyers are qualified and |
| the United States who are employed by | | | | licensed to practice virtually any field of law, they |
| governmental entities such as counties, states, | | | | generally only handle cases that fall under tort law |
| and the federal government are often referred to | | | | including, but not limited to: work injuries, |
| as public defenders. These are often fresh law | | | | automobile and other accidents, defective |
| school graduates seeking to gain quick courtroom | | | | products, medical mistakes, slip and fall accidents, |
| experience, but there are many older, extremely | | | | and more. The expression "trial lawyers" can refer |
| well experienced lawyers who have made public | | | | to personal injury lawyers,[citation needed] even |
| defending a lifetime vocation. There are also | | | | though most cases handled by personal injury |
| private defense lawyers who are retained by | | | | lawyers settle rather than going to trial and other |
| individual clients on a case by case basis. Criminal | | | | types of lawyers, such as defendants' lawyers |
| defense work can be intimidating to some | | | | and criminal prosecutors, also appear in trials. A |
| lawyers as the specter of a client going to jail for | | | | corporate lawyer is a lawyer who specializes in |
| long periods of time or even being subjected to | | | | corporation’s law. The role of a corporate |
| capital punishment looms over some defendants. | | | | lawyer is to ensure the legality of commercial |
| A rules lawyer is a participant in a rules-based | | | | transactions, advising corporations on their legal |
| environment who attempts to use the letter of | | | | rights and duties, including the duties and |
| the law without reference to the spirit, usually in | | | | responsibilities of corporate officers. In order to |
| order to gain an advantage within that | | | | do this, they must have knowledge of aspects of |
| environment.[1] Often this term is used | | | | contract law, tax law, accounting, securities law, |
| pejoratively, as the "rules lawyer" is seen as an | | | | bankruptcy, intellectual property rights, licensing, |
| impediment to moving the game forward. The | | | | zoning laws, and the laws specific to the business |
| use of this term is common in war gaming and | | | | of the corporations that they work for. |
| role playing games. The term may have originated | | | | |