Spokane, WA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Spokane, WA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Civil Rights ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Successfully obtained a permanent order stopping illegal sweep of 500+ member homeless camp.
Municipalities threatened to sweep large homeless camp without there being sufficient shelter space.
OUTCOME: Settlement for $2MM in cash and commitments by City to properly train officers in their encounters with mentally ill suspects.
Death in custody as a result of a police officer's unjustified assault during a brief Terry -Stop. The six-year civil case culminated in a successful $2MM settlement after the officer was convicted in ... federal court of excessive force and obstruction.
OUTCOME: Fully favorable jury verdict.
Russian employee/resident coerced by resident manager of public housing project to cover up manager's bribery scheme. Two week simultaneous translation (Russian-English) trial resulted in damages again ... st resident manager, supervisor and corporate owner.
OUTCOME: Acquitted by jury.
Wholesalers charged with conspiracy to supply improper quantities of precursor product (cough medicine) to convenience store retailers. Co-defendant switched to government witness night before trial. C ... ooperating co-defendant got 4 years; client and business partner (represented by Mark Vovos) were acquitted.
OUTCOME: Reversed conviction, bad Terry search
Defendant was subjected by Postal Investigators to illegal search during Terry stop.
OUTCOME: Double Jeopardy, reversed
Was civil forfeiture a "punishment" such that it constituted double jeopardy when government sought to forfeit property following criminal convictions for the "same offense"?
OUTCOME: Wiretap
Overturned wiretap against 20+ defendants in Spokane. Lead counsel on brief.
OUTCOME: Restraint on anti-abortion picketing
Time place and manner restrictions upheld against anti-abortion picketers who blocked a multi-practice medical building.
OUTCOME: Habeas Corpus (Section 2255) resentencing.
Defendant ordered to serve 60 months (on a 78 to 97 month guideline) based on five misdemeanor priors. On Habeas Corpus (§ 2255) we voided four priors in state court. Defendant then qualified for 'saf ... ety valve'. Re-sentenced to time served (25 months) in part based on Defendant's stellar record while in prison and his personal growth since original incarceration.
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