El Paso Criminal Defense

Reality Check: Why You Need a Lawyer

When you have been charged with a crime, you need help. Miguel Cervantes, criminal defense attorney in El Paso, is a former assistant district attorney who knows the ropes no matter how serious the charges are. Even minor charges require legal help when you consider the effects they may have on your life in the long term.

How Criminal Defense Lawyers in El Paso Help

Avoid jail: Jail is a miserable, bleak place. You have no privacy—ever. You lose the benefits of mixed-sex company. The food is practically inedible. You have no unique clothing and no grooming products. There are almost definitely people there who will try to beat you up at some point.

Protect your job: If you have no criminal record, your potential employers cannot be put off by it. Additionally, there are many occupational licenses that require that you have a clean record or that you do not have convictions for certain categories of crime.

Protect your income: If we were to say, very conservatively, that over the course of your career, you make just a few thousand dollars less every year because your job prospects are limited by your conviction, by the time you have worked another twenty years, you have lost nearly half a million dollars.

Protect your rights: Not everyone cares about owning a gun, but some people do and they have a right to carry one—unless they’re felons. Felons can’t vote, either. If you like having a voice in your government’s decisions, you do not want to be a felon.

Protect your privileges: If you lose your driver’s license, you are officially walking or on the bus. When you consider how hot El Paso gets and how long a crowded bus takes to get anywhere, these are not such great ways to get around.

Let our law office help you get your life back on track with strong criminal defense.

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