A Solo Who Stands Up for the Weak

“Bully my client and I’ll bully you,” may not be his firm’s formal tagline, but that’s the type of service that small firm lawyer Noah Geary delivers, as described in this article Sticking up for the weak:  Lawyer Gains Reputation for Taking on Bullies, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (4/9/06).   According to the article:

A lawyer for 10 years, Mr. Geary, 34, is becoming a legend in his field. He’s secured reversals for two defendants in murder cases and, more recently, agreed to represent a woman accused of robbing a bank with an unloaded gun.  In 2004, Mr. Geary was successful in getting the 1977 double murder convictions of David Munchinski, of Fayette County, overturned.

Standing up to bullies doesn’t come easy though, and the article describes that Geary can often be found late at night in his office working his cases.  But when you’re just 34 and on a mission to  address abuses of power,  you probably don’t mind keeping those kinds of hours.  Let’s just hope this guy doesn’t burn out.