Bellevue, WA
Domestic violence Lawyer at Bellevue, WA
Practice Areas: Domestic Violence, Criminal Defense ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Extensively negotiated and got him an offer for 8 months jail.
Client charged with felony order violation had a dozen felony conviction points. Charged with two 60-month sentence felony DV order violations.
OUTCOME:
Client facing over $70,000 in bench warrants and looking at jail time of up to 3 to 4 years if consecutive sentencing were imposed on all charges and for his review hearings on multiple DWLS First Degr ... ee charges, and with Reckless driving, DUI and other charges, avoids all jail time in both courts. Phil was able to work with initially very angry prosecutors, convincingly use client’s medical conditions, and get client only a relatively short amount of electronic home detention.
OUTCOME:
Victim of DV wanted her husband to not be charged with a felony after they had an isolated alcohol-related ‘incident’. Representing the wife, Phil met with the prosecutor and DV Advocate and they char ... ged only a minimal ‘expedited’ charge that amounted to a nonfelony for the husband. Work still in progress to prevent or remove No-Contact Order if one is entered.
OUTCOME: Case dismised and closed.
DUI case went on a deferred prosecution with another lawyer. Client was seen drinking at a bar by his alcohol counselor, who reported him to probation. Phil asked the judge to take a recess and look ... at whether the initial finding of probable cause (“PC”) was valid, which Phil told the judge it was not. Judge returned from recess, agreed, and dismissed the entire case, despite the obvious current probation violation of consumption of alcohol while in treatment and on active DUI probation for a deferred prosecution.
OUTCOME: Multiple felony convictions, prison & lengthy incarcration avoided.
Young client together with his friends arranged to beat up a minor and wannabe gangster for stealing from the client. Victim was met on a pretense at a school, punched, kicked in the head repeatedly, ... and his belongings taken. Over a year of negotiation, extensive medical and psychological forensic evidence was presented. Initial charging decision of Attempted Murder avoided, then Strongarm Robbery and Strongarm assault charges dropped, then only Theft 1 with 20 days jail remained. At sentencing, the prosecutor explained to the judge that this was an exceptionally light sentence for the facts present but emphasized Attorney phil Weinberg’s relentless negotiation and hard work documenting client’s unique issues and extenuating circumstances, telling the judge it was a fair disposition. Phil’s intensive work had been done over the preceding year so by that point, he didn’t even have to say too much. An amazing offer and plea deal was accomplished that avoided perhaps 5 to 12 years in prison or more for Phil’s client.
OUTCOME: Federal prosecution and many years of prison avoided.
Phil defended one of two co-defendants caught dealing heroin and meth out of a motel in Aberdeen that had a school zone bus stop across the street from and close to it. DEA, FBI and local law enforcem ... ent Drug Task Force conducted surveillance of these individuals for months as they brought huge amounts of these drugs here from another state. The county drug prosecutor had thousands of pages of surveillance reports and massive video surveillance evidence, and she wrote a letter saying these two had “enormously fueled” the drug problem in that county, which then had no drug court. These guys were caught red-handed with more than a pound of each drug. There were no viable suppression motions available and the initial plea offers were very tough. Also, the US District Court prosecutor in Seattle threatened to take the case federal and give each defendant 20 years in federal prison. Phil successfully negotiated a 2-year prison term for his client. All told, a great deal for Phil’s client considering what might have been imposed.
OUTCOME: 4-6 years prison time avoided.
Phil’s client had no prior drug charges but was caught in a hotel with over 4 pounds of heroin that was smoked with an informant. A gun was found by police triggering a possible 2-3 year weapon enhance ... ment sentencing add-on. The total prison time Phil’s client was looking at was about 7 years. Phil negotiated a deal for just one year and no gun enhancement.
OUTCOME: If client has law abiding behavior, case to be dismissed after 24 months.
Client charged with DUI. Phil negotiated a 2-year SOC with the prosecutor. This is a Stipulated Order of Continuance by which, after completing just 6 months of treatment and 24 months of law-abiding ... behavior, case will be dismissed. Almost unheard of and usually unavailable terrific disposition for a DUI charge.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed and closed at pretrial hearing.
Successful married couple had an argument and a little DV occurred. Professionals, they did not want the conviction blemish. Phil kept working on the prosecutors and kept continuing the case until th ... e husband client completed counseling and the couple went for marriage counseling, too. Case dismissed!
OUTCOME: Jail and DP / SOC revocations repeatedly avoided.
Client repeatedly relapsed on alcohol and drugs, and got new criminal charges too, after Phil got client an SOC on DV Assault 4 and malicious Mischief 3 (property destruction) non-felony charges and a ... deferred prosecution (“DP”) on his/her DUI charge. Phil saved his/her SOC and DP from being revoked numerous times at review hearings, getting the judge to give him/her another chance multiple times. After the representation ended, though, another attorney was not so lucky for client when he/she later relapsed again.
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