You are correct. I practice Family Law: Divorce, Estates, Adoptions and Business law specializing in closely held and family businesses.
My firm does NO criminal law work with one type of exception. If the child/grandchild of a client or a client gets hauled into court for a traffic offense and the client calls us, we’ll show up for the arraignment so the person is not unrepresented while we recommend criminal practice attorneys for the client to engage.
I’m in my mid 60s. The last time I appeared to represent a defendant in Criminal Court was about 30 years ago. I was in the courthouse and a judge grabbed me and assigned me a 19 year old accused of shoplifting as a pro bono case. She was a firs time offender, and I was able to negotiate accelerated rehabilitation. If she kept her nose clean for 12 months, the record would be expunged, she would stay out of the particular store permanently and do 100 hours community service. She went on to college, became a middle school math teacher, married and has kids of her own. A $50 fine and a criminal record would have done nothing for the merchant, but this result helped the offender.