In Zhongtong Law Firm, there is such a lawyer, and every time he appears, he will always be accompanied by countless laughter and laughter. He has both the bold atmosphere of Shandong Hanzi and the rigor and meticulousness of a criminal defense lawyer. He is my brother-in-law, Lawyer Zhao Ming, the head of the business of the Zhongtong Criminal Defense Team.
This year, Master Zhao Ming was awarded the "Outstanding Communist Party Member" in the legal profession in Beijing, adding another glorious stroke to the honor list of our criminal defense team. As the core backbone of the team, Master Zhao Ming was able to receive this honor, and everyone felt that he deserved it.
Brother Zhao Ming is the "first big disciple" of Director Yang Minsheng, and since I joined the Zhongtong Criminal Defense Team, in the past two months or so, the spirit and style of rigor, responsibility, and common progress that he has shown are the most profound impressions left on me.
Won the "Outstanding Communist Party Member" in the Beijing Lawyer Industry
Do your best for the parties
Since practicing law, Master Zhao Ming has been focusing on criminal defense under the leadership of Director Yang Minsheng, handling various major job-related crimes, economic crimes and crimes related to criminal syndicates, and accumulating a lot of practical experience.
He said that under the guidance of Director Yang, his practice philosophy is "law-abiding, conscientious and honest". It is precisely by adhering to this concept that Master Zhao Ming can always adhere to a rigorous and responsible professional attitude for more than ten years, and go all out to do a good job in the defense of every party.
The first case that Master Zhao Ming and I jointly handled was a financial crime case involving billions of yuan. When the parties came to the law firm for consultation, the case was in the critical stage of reviewing and prosecuting, in order to familiarize themselves with the evidentiary materials of the case as soon as possible and strive for a more favorable defense result for the parties, on the night that the team and the parties reached an intention to entrust, Brother Zhao Ming rushed to a remote case-handling organ to check the file in the face of the wind and snow. In less than a month, in order to ensure that the latest case materials and relevant information can be obtained in the first place every time, Brother Zhao Ming has traveled back and forth to Beijing and relevant case-handling organs many times, and actively communicated with the case-handling organs, winning the full affirmation of the parties.
In the process of handling the case, Master Zhao Ming repeatedly read the case file many times, formed tens of thousands of words of excerpt notes and other collated materials, and patiently searched for various problems in the case through various analyses and comparisons. Every time a new focus of facts and important issues are discovered in the process of reading the case file, the master and brother will promptly verify with the parties in detail and solve the details and difficult problems in the case little by little.
Brother Zhao Ming often said: "Director Yang Minsheng often teaches us that the key to criminal defense lies in the details, and if you want to discover the details, you need to continuously and repeatedly read the file and be familiar with each piece of evidence. When we have a clear understanding of all the evidence and the focus of the case, we can naturally be calm and comfortable in the process of trial defense. ”
Late at night, braving the wind and snow, rushed to the case-handling organ to read the case file
In criminal defense, how to meet a client is a college question. Despite having rich experience in meetings, Before each meeting, Brother Zhao Ming will still be the most fully prepared: comprehensively sort out the evidentiary materials and key issues, and sort out a detailed outline of the meeting, so as to ensure that each meeting can achieve smooth communication between the two sides and effectively solve the problem. After the meeting, the brother will also sort out and summarize the situation of the meeting in a timely manner, so that the meeting will truly become an effective way to solve difficult problems in the case.
Once, in between cases, I asked Brother Zhao Ming: "The evidentiary materials in some cases are already relatively comprehensive, so why do we have to meet with the parties so many times?" ”
The brother replied seriously: "The work of criminal defense lawyers should not only pursue results, but also pay attention to the process. We can't decide the end result of the defense, but we can do the defense process well. The mental pressure of the parties in criminal cases is often very large, and we must not only understand the case situation to the parties in depth and provide him with legal support and help; we must also help the parties alleviate anxiety and provide him with spiritual comfort and encouragement, which can also prepare for the follow-up work. All of this must be achieved through patient meetings again and again. We must give him the correct guidance through meetings with the parties; we must constantly get close to the real situation of the case by verifying the details with the parties. Every criminal case, for the client may be the first time in life, will have a very big impact on the work, life and family of the client, we must go all out and strive for better results. ”
I think every client would like to meet such a responsible lawyer.
Discuss the case
Take responsibility in the team
Criminal cases are complex, and one of the characteristics of the Zhongtong criminal defense team is that it adopts a team-based case handling model, and each member can participate in the handling of the case in a different way. Every time in the division of cases, Master Zhao Ming will always take the initiative to take the largest number of files and the most complicated part of the legal relationship, and then let us choose. After each case discussion, the brother will always summarize and sort out everyone's opinions at the first time.
Sometimes, due to various reasons such as work arrangements, our case discussion will be held in the evening and continue until late at night, but despite this, Master Zhao Ming will still sort it out in time after the discussion is over. We often see the collation materials sent by the master brother at one or two o'clock or even three or four o'clock in the morning in the work group early the next morning.
Master Zhao Ming always chooses to keep the most difficult work to himself, and his spirit of courage and willingness to pay infects us at all times, and also makes the whole team twist into a tighter rope.
The same criminal defense team
As a newcomer to the legal profession, I am not yet fully familiar with the working style and professional habits of lawyers, especially criminal defense lawyers. In the process of handling the case, Master Zhao Ming will carefully guide me at each stage every time, reminding me of the main points that I should pay attention to in the process of reading the file excerpts, analyzing the case facts, and applying the law. It was Master Zhao Ming's specific and slight patience that allowed me to complete the role change more quickly and better devote myself to the work of criminal defense.
In his spare time, Master Zhao Ming often shares with us what he and Director Yang Minsheng have seen and heard and useful experience in many years of case-handling practice, reminding us to persist in handling cases according to law and strictly abide by the bottom line. Every time Master and Brother talk about the thrilling stories that he and Director Yang encountered in handling some major and sensitive cases, we can't help but feel the risk that criminal defense lawyers are almost everywhere, but Master Brother is very calm and confident: "Some people say that criminal defense lawyers are 'people who walk on the tip of the knife', but Director Yang and I believe that as long as we insist on handling cases according to law, we can walk steadily and for a long time on this road." ”
I think that's the real criminal defense lawyer.
Brother Zhao Ming
The original intention comes from faith, and the mission calls for responsibility. It is precisely because of his belief in the cause of the rule of law and his responsibility for the criminal defense work that Master Zhao Ming can always uphold the original intention of being rigorous and responsible, live up to the mission of the criminal defense lawyer, continuously gather team strength, strictly abide by the bottom line and go all out to handle the case, so as to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of the parties.
Brother Zhao Ming has always adhered to the road of criminal defense, and his rigor and responsibility and common progress have inspired me to conscientiously complete every task I undertake and take every step on the road of criminal defense in a down-to-earth manner. I also hope that I can be like Master Zhao Ming, be a criminal debate dreamer, and make my criminal defense road go to a long-term future.
Me and Brother Zhao Ming