A criminal attorney is the lawyer with years of experience in handling criminal cases. He has a specialization in the criminal law suits and has a vast knowledge about the different aspects of the law of a country especially the criminal law. An attorney practices for years to obtain knowledge about how to handle a case, how to justify a situation in which there is a lack of evidences and witnesses, how to modify a situation to obtain truth and so on. He has to be very smart in order to deal with different situations that may come up in a case. The Criminal Defense Attorney Has To Be Perfect in his work; otherwise, it may prove to be detrimental for the case. He has to have certain qualities in him, which will make him the best of the rest. Some of the qualities are:
€ Smart: the lawyer must be very smart. He will have to deal with all kinds of facts, figures and people. Without the brains or ability to handle the facts it is difficult to win the case. The attorney should be capable to remember the facts and utilize them at the right time.
€ Criminal law: Without understanding every tits and bits of the criminal law and criminal procedure code of Singapore, he will not be able to prove his points in the court of law. Whether he is a defendant or a prosecutor, it is important to be up and ready with the criminal law. He must have thorough knowledge of it.
€ Agile: the attorney has to be alert all the time in the court. The witness, accused or anyone present in the court, may say something related to the case anytime. If the lawyer is agile, he will grasp it at the moment and will use it to prove his point. The lawyer should also have a sharp memory in order to deal with the clues and good witnesses.

The lawyer should be like a detective who can look for the clues when there is lack for some. The lawyer only has the version of his client and the version of the witnesses if there is any. He has to make sure who is telling the truth and who is hiding something. The Criminal Defense Attorney should also be very good in communication therefore he can talk to people along with making the client comfortable.