Exit this survey Prosecuting Lawyers Question Title * 1. Have you even been served with a summons from any governmental agency, state or federal, seeking information about legal work you have done for past or current clients? Yes No If Yes, what was the name of the governmental agency? Question Title * 2. Have you ever been involved in a criminal case in which prosecutors attempted to prevent the defendant from using his or her assets to pay your fee? Yes No If Yes, what kind of case did your client representation involve? Question Title * 3. Have you ever been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury to provide testimony, or to produce documents, concerning any of your fee or client billing records? Yes No If Yes, what kind of case did your client representation involve? Question Title * 4. In any of your cases, have governmental investigators or attorneys ever tried to use a confidential informant to learn attorney-client confidential information? Yes No If Yes, what kind of case did your client representation involve? Question Title * 5. Have attorneys for the government ever moved to disqualify you from representing a client? Yes No If Yes, what kind of case did your client representation involve? Question Title * 6. Have you ever been involved in a multi-defendant case in which a defendant was cooperating with the prosecution and prosecutors deliberately kept secret the defendant’s cooperating status from the other defense attorneys prior to trial? Yes No If Yes, what kind of case did your client representation involve? Question Title * 7. Have you ever decided not to accept a case because you were concerned that it might result in a government examination or investigation of you or a challenge to the fee to be paid? Yes No Question Title * 8. Have you ever decided not to take a particular action in your representation of a client because you were concerned that it might result in a government examination or investigation of your practice? Yes No Question Title * 9. Are you aware of any instances when an attorney has been investigated or prosecuted as a means of inhibiting or discouraging zealous representation of the attorney’s client? Yes No Question Title * 10. If you are aware of such investigations or prosecutions to inhibit or discourage zealous representation, what type of case did the attorney's representation of the client involve? You can check multiple boxes, if more than one applies. White Collar Crime Cases Narcotics Cases Tax Cases Civil Litigation Other Question Title * 11. Do you believe federal prosecutors investigate or prosecute attorneys to inhibit or discourage zealous representation of clients Frequently Sometimes Rarely Never Not Sure Question Title * 12. Do you believe state prosecutors investigate or prosecute attorneys to inhibit or discourage zealous representation of clients Frequently Sometimes Rarely Never Not Sure Question Title * 13. If you believe governmental prosecutors have adopted such a practice to inhibit or discourage zealous representation, do you believe this practice is more common today than in the past less common today than in the past about the same as it has been Not sure Question Title * 14. How many years of have you been in practice? 0-5 years 6-15 years 15+ years Question Title * 15. What is your age? 35 or under 36 - 55 56 or over Question Title * 16. What is your practice affiliation? Solo practitioner Firm 2-10 attorneys Firm: 11-25 attorneys Firm: 26+ attorneys Public Defender Other Question Title * 17. What percent of your practice is devoted to criminal to criminal cases? Half or more Less than half None Question Title * 18. If applicable, what percentage of the criminal cases in which you are involved concern: Less than half Half or more Federal prosecutions Federal prosecutions Less than half Federal prosecutions Half or more State prosecutions State prosecutions Less than half State prosecutions Half or more Question Title * 19. If applicable, what percentage of the criminal cases in which you are involved concern: Half or more Less than half Felonies Felonies Half or more Felonies Less than half Misdemeanors Misdemeanors Half or more Misdemeanors Less than half Juvenile matters Juvenile matters Half or more Juvenile matters Less than half Question Title * 20. If applicable, what percentage of the criminal cases in which you are involved concern: Half or more Less than half Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) cases Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) cases Half or more Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) cases Less than half White collar crime White collar crime Half or more White collar crime Less than half Narcotics crime Narcotics crime Half or more Narcotics crime Less than half Violent Crime (non-narcotics) Violent Crime (non-narcotics) Half or more Violent Crime (non-narcotics) Less than half Property crime (non-narcotics) Property crime (non-narcotics) Half or more Property crime (non-narcotics) Less than half Other Other Half or more Other Less than half Question Title * 21. If applicable, in what percentage of the criminal cases in which you are involved are you: Half or more Less than half Privately-retained Privately-retained Half or more Privately-retained Less than half Court-appointed Court-appointed Half or more Court-appointed Less than half Question Title * 22. If you want to elaborate on any of your answers, or if you have any other information you wish to share, please do so in the space below. END OF SURVEY Done