David Lee Windecher: From Defendant to Defense Attorney

By Joseph Cooper,

Published June 22, 2015 at 1:00 PM EDT

06/22/15 - On Monday’s Topical Currentswe visit with a native Miamian who has the peculiarity of moving from a defendant . . . to a defense attorney. He’s David Lee Windecher, a former gang member, drug dealer and crime ring leader. After 13 arrests, he saw the light. Last May he was sworn in as an attorney, in the same courtroom where he appeared in han.dcuffs and jumpsuit. We discuss his book “The American Dream: HisStory in the Making.” That’sTopical Currents. . . Monday at 1pm.

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