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DONALD F. SAMUEL Garland, Samuel & Loeb

IN 1982, Don Samuel had just begun Bill of Rights is the forefront of every what he thought would be a career as single criminal case," he says. a labor lawyer when he was sum• Case in point: Last March, one of moned to Macon to defend a woman Samuel's cases led to a new interpreta• accused of murdering her husband. It tion of the Fourth Amendment pro• didn't go well. The jury didn't buy his hibiting "unreasonable searches and self-defense argument. But Samuel seizures." Samuel's client had object• had a new career path. He was hooked ed to a search of his home, but his wife on criminal law. invited police in. The U.S. Supreme Today, Samuel, 50, is a nationally Court found that the search violated recognized criminal defense attorney his constitutional rights. with a Who's Who of clients, including Samuel is currently defending one Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray of the two men charged with Lewis and antiques dealer Jim providing support to terrorists. That Williams of Midnight in the Garden of case will require him to navigate the Good and Evil fame. A graduate of the restrictions posed by national security. University of Georgia School of Law, Samuel has made a mark on the Samuel is past president of the world in his personal life, as well. With Georgia Association of Criminal wife Melissa Fay Greene, author of Defense Lawyers and author of three Praying for Sheetrock and legal texts. Bombing, Samuel has nine children, Samuel says he enjoys the dynamic including one adopted from Bulgaria nature of criminal defense work and and four adopted from Ethiopia. - its potential to shape the law. "The MCM

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