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Video – Attorney Darryl Stallworth Explains Why His Legal Background Before Criminal Defense Sets Him Apart From Competitors

Video – Attorney Darryl Stallworth Explains Why His Legal Background Before Criminal Defense Sets Him Apart From Competitors

BailBonds.Media wants the public to have answers to the myriad of questions that surround the criminal justice system and your constitutional rights. We bring those answers to you in the form of video interviews by Attorneys.Media of legal experts in your area and across the country.

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

Your history… where you started.  Let’s go back for the beginning.  When you started, out of law school as a district attorney, a prosecutor, and you hear many attorneys starting that… “I ended up in the PD’s department”…the public defenders’ department.  But you went as a prosecutor.  How did that change your, let me say, change…how did it help your practice today being in that role when you first left law school?

Darryl Stallworth – Criminal Defense Attorney – Alameda County, CA

It’s one of the most valuable parts of my practice.  Because when I decided to become a prosecutor, I wanted to be in a place where I had some discretion… where I would be able to review a case, charge a case, decide whether or not I was going to go to trial, or how it’s going to be resolved.

Now, I didn’t do that from day one.  I had to develop the experience in going to trial.  I had to get familiar with whether or not a witness was credible.  I had to understand the trustworthiness of an informant.  I had to understand DNA, forensics, fingerprints, guns, ballistics.  It was a fifteen-year education that taught me just about everything you could ever understand and learn about being a lawyer.

So when I made the decision to leave the DA’s office and do a little civil work at first.  And then I got all these calls from people who needed help with criminal defense.  It wasn’t a big jump for me to figure out, in this case, doesn’t really make a lot of sense.  I don’t think the prosecutor understands that they’d got some problems here.

I give the football analogy.  I played quarterback for fifteen years, and then I played safety. I knew all the plays. I knew what the quarterback was thinking.  I knew how to set it up.  I knew how to defend it.  I also understood that in order to help my client, I needed to get the prosecutor to understand and appreciate the totality of the circumstances.

And having had 10,000 conversations with defense attorneys over the years, I knew what resonated with me as a prosecutor.  So, when I sit down at the table with the prosecutor, I give them what I needed to know when I was a prosecutor so that I can help my client.   And that’s something you don’t get unless you put that time in, and unless you’ve been able to understand why a prosecutor might give your client a break.  Why a prosecutor might consider a lower sentence.  I give them what I needed to have when I was a prosecutor.  And it’s been really helpful for my clients.

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For over 25 years, Darryl A. Stallworth has been operating within the criminal justice system. As a seasoned trial lawyer and a passionate advocate for social justice, he firmly believes that all his clients are entitled to a fair trial and robust defense. Regardless of the criminal charges they may be facing, his role is to offer legal counsel and support aimed at optimizing their chances of securing a favorable outcome for their cases.

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