RVA Trial Lawyers: Virginia's Trial Lawyer Podcast

Craig Cooley - Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer

Sharif L. Gray and Nael A. Abouzaki Episode 1

"If not you, who?"

Craig Cooley joined us on RVA Trial Lawyers. We discuss his career, his representation of DC Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, and his work in the courtroom.

There is no question that Craig Cooley is a great trial lawyer, a great criminal defense attorney, and a great human.

It was a privilege having Craig Cooley join us.

"To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest to follow that star
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
The fight the unbeatable foe
To dream the impossible dream

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star
To fight the unbeatable foe
To dream the impossible dream"

The Impossible Dream
By Diana Ross, The Supremes, and The Temptations

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Sharif Gray and Nael Abouzaki
RVA Trial Lawyers

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