What makes this Criminal Law firm different
Many lawyers say they practice Criminal Defense Law. For some reason, the perception among people who do not practice criminal law regularly is that criminal cases are easy. This is untrue. Despite the impressions given on television, only a tiny percentage of lawyers ever try a jury trial. Of that tiny percentage, an even smaller number have completed enough criminal trials to develop the expertise to feel entirely comfortable trying any sort of criminal case. Your lawyer's ability to win criminal juries often leads to the favorable plea offers that you might not otherwise be offered.
Experience and Education
Experience:
Mr. Garcia has been practicing exclusively Criminal Defense as a lawyer in Indiana State and Federal Courts since 1994. Since he began practicing, Mr. Garcia has tried well over one hundred and fifty jury trials in jurisdictions across the State of Indiana. He began his career as a Contract Public Defender in the Major Felony Criminal Courts of Marion County, and successfully tried the vast majority of his cases. He has tried many Murder, Rape, Robbery, Burglary, Child Molesting, Drug dealing, Drug Possession, Driving while intoxicated Resulting in Death, Driving while Intoxicated, Habitual Traffic Offender, Marijuana Possession, Probation Violation, and other cases. During his career as a criminal defense attorney, he has developed individualized strategies and trial techniques to cope with distinctive characteristics of virtually every crime. Through extensive self-education in the areas of Medical Terminology, and Child Psychology, Mr. Garcia has developed a particular expertise in the cross-examination and questioning of expert medical witnesses and of children in battery, neglect and sex crime cases involving children . This expertise in Criminal Defense has proven invaluable in cases where defendants are accused of battery on a child, child molesting, and in Murder cases.
Luther T. Garcia completed advanced Criminal Defense trial training for criminal defense attorneys at the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia in 1997, and later at the Indiana Trial Practice Institute. After concentrating his practice to criminal defense work, he dedicated extra training and education towards refining criminal trial skills and developing the special expertise needed to properly defend a criminal case from pre-charge situations, trial, appeal, post conviction relief, and sentence modifications.
Mr. Garcia has been teaching Criminal trial skills and specific subjects such as Evidence, Opening Statements, and Sentencing at legal education seminars for Criminal Defense lawyers across the state of Indiana. In addition to seminars, Mr. Garcia has been a guest lecturer at Indiana University --Indianapolis in the Criminal Defense Clinic by cross-examinationing an expert witness for students during class. In 2010, Mr. Garcia was again a Guest lecturer in a presentation to the Law School class, Law and Forensic Science.
Mr Garcia continues to stay abreast with new techniques and technology available for enhancing success in defending people in criminal jury trials. As well as representing defendants in Marion, Johnson, Hamilton, Hancock, Boone, Howard, Vigo, and Tippecanoe counties, Mr. Garcia has successfully defended people from counties all over the State of Indiana. As a result, he has developed a reputation for trial expertise and competence across the state. Mr. Garcia has successfully tried or negotiated favorable pleas in criminal cases in Terre Haute, Noblesville, Carmel, Franklin, Brookville, Bloomington, Elkhart, Lafayette, Hammond, Gary and other cities across the state.
Education:
1994 Indiana University -- Indianapolis, JD
1984 Butler University, BA English
Memberships:
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers--Life Member
National Association for the Reform of Marijuana Laws -- Legal Committee
American Bar Association Criminal Division
Indiana State Bar Association
Indianapolis Bar Association
Marion County Criminal Defense Bar Association