About Craig Sonner, George Zimmerman’s lawyer:

Next at bat was lawyer Craig Sonner, a DUI attorney who Seminole County court records show has only one recent case that is not traffic-related. In fact, a majority of his cases in that county are misdemeanors. In Orange County, the vast majority of the cases he handled in the past decade were for civil and criminal traffic violations.

Experts note that DUI cases are complicated and difficult, but the expertise an attorney builds on those cases does not apply to major crimes. A former prosecutor, he told the Orlando Sentinel that he was an engineer and has a black belt in aikido. He did not return at least a dozen messages left over the past two weeks.

In early television interviews, Sonner, 47, seemed unsure of himself. The analysis of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law that he offered on CNN was the opposite of what the statute actually says, although he has since acknowledged the gaffe and now speaks more assertively.

“That would shake my confidence in him a bit,” said veteran prosecutor Jeff Ashton, who tried the Casey Anthony case. “He seemed inexperienced. He could articulate intelligently, but he didn’t seem like someone who had much experience in front of the media, which can be intimidating if you’re not ready for it.”