Stark Defense

When Mike was 24 years old, he was working as a waiter and riding in the passenger seat of his car when the police stopped the driver. Minutes later, Mike was in handcuffs and charged with DWI. Because he didn’t earn enough money to afford an attorney, a couple of weeks later Mike hopped on a bus and rode downtown to speak with the public defender. The conversation was very short: the public defender wanted Mike to plead guilty to a reduced charge. Mike refused and left the office frustrated and angry. Eventually, because Mike refused to budge, the charge was dismissed. And Mike became a lawyer.