David Feige
David Feige is an American lawyer, legal commentator, and author. Feige began his legal career as a staff attorney at the Criminal Defense Division of the Legal Aid Society, and held positions at the Civilian Complaint Review Board of New York City and the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, before becoming, in 1997, one of the founding members of the The Bronx Defenders. In 1999 Feige was promoted to Trial Chief. In March of 2001, he filed the first motion for a double-blind sequential line up[1] in People v. Leo Franco, spawning a series of legal challenges to eyewitness identification procedures around the country.
Feige is the author of Indefensible: One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice, which recounts his experiences as a public defender in The Bronx, New York. Subsequent to the publication of the book, he was sued for defamation by Sarah Schall (an assistant District Attorney) over his depiction of her as dowdy and corrupt[1], and by Mark Brenner, a criminal defense lawyer in the Bronx, for Feige's reporting that Brenner had kicked a client in open court[2]. Both Schall's and Brenner's cases were subsequently dismissed with prejudice.
Feige is co-creator with Steven Bochco of a new TV series, to debut on TNT, entitled "Raising the Bar"[3]. The action takes place in the courthouses of New York City and the show deals with issues similar to those of Indefensible, though with fictional characters.
Feige has appeared regularly on Court TV, MSNBC and National Public Radio to comment on legal issues. He has also written about the law for newspapers such as the New York Times,[2] Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Boston Globe, and magazines like Fortune, Slate, and The Nation. He was on the faculty of the National Criminal Defense College at Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, Georgia, and is currently Professor of Law and Director of Advocacy Programs at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, NJ.
Feige is a bottom feeding "scum bag" defense attorney. Pretty much the lowest of all attorneys (actually lower than an ambulance chaser). He symphatizes with the lowest of the low and little or no disregard for the true victims of his clients.
References
http://law.shu.edu/faculty/fulltime_faculty/feigedav/feige.html http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/28/nyregion/28WITN.html?ex=1207972800&en=ce9848b2aae9c887&ei=5070 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/06/opinion/06feige.html?scp=1&sq=David+Feige&st=nyt http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/07/16/innocence_by_the_numbers/