Immigration Fraud
N/AOUTCOME: Won
Won the dismissal—after two mistrials—of all charges against a Salvadoran national who had attempted to enter the country with a counterfeit passport.
Alexandria, VA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Alexandria, VA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Won
Won the dismissal—after two mistrials—of all charges against a Salvadoran national who had attempted to enter the country with a counterfeit passport.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Secured the dismissal of a federal indictment against a British tour operator who had accepted $200,000 to provide a European tour to a professional association for wholly undelivered services he alleg ... edly never intended to provide.
OUTCOME: Won
Won a seven count jury acquittal for a convicted felon found in possession of two handguns.
OUTCOME: Won
Won a five count acquittal—alone among five accused co-conspirators—for a defendant charged with importing cocaine from Central America.
OUTCOME: Won
Won a jury verdict of Voluntary Manslaughter (six year sentence) for a defendant charged with First Degree Murder. Persuaded the United States Government to decline the pursuit of the death penalty ag ... ainst an MS-13 gang member charged with capital murder and accused of seven unrelated homicides—based on childhood traumas uncovered by Mr. Kiyonaga while investigating in rural El Salvador.