The Woodlands, TX
Appeals Lawyer at The Woodlands, TX
Practice Areas: Appeals
OUTCOME: Vacated and remanded
Filed an appeal of an order appointing guardianship of the person and estate of Gene Turk. The court of appeals vacated the order and remanded the proceedings to the district court.
OUTCOME: Restitution amount vacated
Filed appeal of federal conviction where defendant signed a plea agreement and appeal waiver. Court found that Kim was not precluded from appealing the restitution amount, despite waiver of appeal, bec ... ause it was in excess of the statutory maximum in the way it was calculated. Court vacated restitution amount of $606,250.
OUTCOME: Vacated the contempt order
Writ of Habeas Corpus (original proceeding) challenging an order of contempt.
OUTCOME: Mandamus denied
Defended a Petition for Writ of Mandamus based on the trial court's denial of a motion to dismiss for alleged contractual forum selection clause.
OUTCOME: Conviction vacated
Filed a successive 28 U.S.C. 2255 asking the court to vacate client's crime of violence conviction.
OUTCOME: Reverse and remand
Motion for summary judgment, appealed judgment against our client.
OUTCOME: Reverse and remand
Federal 1983 civil action that was dismissed against plaintiffs on grounds of qualified immunity. We appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit.
OUTCOME: Certificate of Appealability granted
Petitioner challenged his conviction for a crime of violence enhancement and requested a certificate of appealability from the district court so that he can appeal to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ... . The district court granted the certificate of appealability.
OUTCOME: Set aside order of contempt, discharged client from custody, released bond
Petitioner filed a writ of habeas corpus challenging a contempt order assessing 130 days imprisonment in county jail for violation of the SAPCR order. The Ninth Court of Appeals reversed the order of c ... ontempt agreeing with Ms. Clouthier's contentions that the SAPCR order did not set forth the terms of compliance in clear, specific and unambiguous terms, therefore the finding of contempt was void.
OUTCOME: Got the appeal dismissed for want of prosecution
Appeal from final decree of divorce