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Let me tell you, I just went through this nightmare a couple weeks back in San Antonio and I was in real need. I contacted everyone who I could think of and I mean everyone from the NRA, ACLU (yeah, I know), TSRA, TCHA, CHLPP, etc... To be fair, I'm only a member of the NRA and my local gun club. Anyway, the TSRA and the CHLPP (I think on urging from the TCHA) called me the very next day with recomendations, but again I'm not a member of either so they only provided recomendations and a lot of sympathy. Now this is where it's a little funny, the TSRA recomended attorney had 40yrs experience and wanted $15, 000 for everything before a trial and double if a trial was needed. The CHLPP recomended attorney had less than a year experience and was $1,500 for everything before a trial and double if a trial was needed. So take that for what its worth but, both the TSRA and the CHLPP were responsive and seemed to care. I received a few other recomendations from friends or other board members and their fees were all somewhere in the middle. I personally visited four attorney's a few days later and spoke at length with them all. Each had a different take or angle for my paticular problem and I went with a guy that seemed most caring and competent. I did not qualify for a public defender and I guess I'll probably be glad for that in the long run after hearing several stories.

Now, I'm far from being an alarmist or a "nit picker" after the fact, but had I had the foresight to have a plan my ordeal would have been easier on my nerves and saved me a lot of uneeded anxiety. I believe I did nothing wrong but apparently the SAPD doesn't share my belief and this is going to a long, exhaustive, and expensive journey.

Have a plan!