A criminal defense lawyer defends criminals, right? Wrong, a criminal defense lawyer defends everybody that is accused of a crime whether the person has committed it or not!
Most criminal defense lawyers only work in criminal court cases. They are specialized on such case, because there are many of them. That guarantees that they are very good at it and have lots of expierence from similar cases.
This is one of the most common types of lawyers, however an asbestos attorney as well as a Mesothelioma Lawyer are harder to come by. (Side note: They are most often found in Florida, Phoenix Arizona. Because most cases of asbestos problems happend there.)