Doug Passon

What is your life story? And that's my thing. I'm a storyteller. And I need to make sure that the people that are making these life and death decisions understand the human being behind the crime. So I started making movies and cases.

2005 was actually my first video, and I figured out it was a really powerful way to advocate. In the federal system, a lot of times the first time the judge ever lays eyes on a client is at sentencing, because they've gone through magistrate and other lower court judges to plead guilty and these ministerial things.

2005 was actually my first video, and I figured out it was a really powerful way to advocate. In the federal system, a lot of times the first time the judge ever lays eyes on a client is at sentencing, because they've gone through magistrate and other lower court judges to plead guilty and these ministerial things.

2005 was actually my first video, and I figured out it was a really powerful way to advocate. In the federal system, a lot of times the first time the judge ever lays eyes on a client is at sentencing, because they've gone through magistrate and other lower court judges to plead guilty and these ministerial things.

And now all of a sudden, the whole time they've just been, like I said, stack of paper and a file. So you can get this video. It's a short documentary about the case or the client explaining who they are, why they did what they did, why they're not going to do it again, whatever the case may be. And then the judge has that in advance of sentencing.

And now all of a sudden, the whole time they've just been, like I said, stack of paper and a file. So you can get this video. It's a short documentary about the case or the client explaining who they are, why they did what they did, why they're not going to do it again, whatever the case may be. And then the judge has that in advance of sentencing.

And now all of a sudden, the whole time they've just been, like I said, stack of paper and a file. So you can get this video. It's a short documentary about the case or the client explaining who they are, why they did what they did, why they're not going to do it again, whatever the case may be. And then the judge has that in advance of sentencing.

So he or she has actually had an opportunity to essentially meet the client, sit with the client, experience the client in their own world. So eventually I left the traditional legal practice to go focus on making those movies. And that's what I do for lawyers all over the country. And I help them build the story.

So he or she has actually had an opportunity to essentially meet the client, sit with the client, experience the client in their own world. So eventually I left the traditional legal practice to go focus on making those movies. And that's what I do for lawyers all over the country. And I help them build the story.

So he or she has actually had an opportunity to essentially meet the client, sit with the client, experience the client in their own world. So eventually I left the traditional legal practice to go focus on making those movies. And that's what I do for lawyers all over the country. And I help them build the story.

You don't get to the movie until you know what the story is that you're trying to tell. And then we make these movies. When I left, that was 10 years ago, and I just envisioned myself being the movie guy. But guess what happened?

You don't get to the movie until you know what the story is that you're trying to tell. And then we make these movies. When I left, that was 10 years ago, and I just envisioned myself being the movie guy. But guess what happened?

You don't get to the movie until you know what the story is that you're trying to tell. And then we make these movies. When I left, that was 10 years ago, and I just envisioned myself being the movie guy. But guess what happened?

He is the lead autism criminal defense lawyer in the world, I would venture to say. He understood that the huge challenge in autism cases was to get people to understand the truth about our clients, because most people don't know what it is. They don't know why it matters. He understood that these sentencing videos would be a really powerful tool in autism cases.

He is the lead autism criminal defense lawyer in the world, I would venture to say. He understood that the huge challenge in autism cases was to get people to understand the truth about our clients, because most people don't know what it is. They don't know why it matters. He understood that these sentencing videos would be a really powerful tool in autism cases.

He is the lead autism criminal defense lawyer in the world, I would venture to say. He understood that the huge challenge in autism cases was to get people to understand the truth about our clients, because most people don't know what it is. They don't know why it matters. He understood that these sentencing videos would be a really powerful tool in autism cases.

so i started working on these cases with him and eventually i got pulled back in to the traditional legal practice and i handle these cases now like mark does and i'm always pulling mark up going i need this i need that but and he's so generous so now i'm a lawyer i'm a filmmaker and now i'm representing these clients as well in various stages of the proceeding that's so great what led you to doing this

so i started working on these cases with him and eventually i got pulled back in to the traditional legal practice and i handle these cases now like mark does and i'm always pulling mark up going i need this i need that but and he's so generous so now i'm a lawyer i'm a filmmaker and now i'm representing these clients as well in various stages of the proceeding that's so great what led you to doing this

so i started working on these cases with him and eventually i got pulled back in to the traditional legal practice and i handle these cases now like mark does and i'm always pulling mark up going i need this i need that but and he's so generous so now i'm a lawyer i'm a filmmaker and now i'm representing these clients as well in various stages of the proceeding that's so great what led you to doing this

I have a personal connection to this because I have a son who's on the autism spectrum. I think I got the issues more than most. And here's the big problem. There are very few lawyers who really understand that they can even recognize the issue when they have a case, let alone understand what to do with it, how to develop it, how to present it, and why it's mitigating, why it matters to the story.