Fort Lauderdale, FL
Criminal defense Lawyer at Fort Lauderdale, FL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Immigration
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
A client was at a club with several co-workers when one of the co-workers was involved in an altercation with the alleged victim. At trial the victim testified that the client had hit him in the head w ... ith a bottle of Grey Goose. While preparing the case, Fairuze discovered that the "victim" was a disbarred attorney from New York who had been convicted of fraud against the government and his credibility was destroyed.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
A DUI client was found passed out at a stop sign in the early morning hours with an open bottle of Hennessy in the front seat.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
After being stopped in his own neighborhood for riding his bicycle without a light and arrested for DUI, the client blew nearly 1.5 times the legal limit. After suppressing the breath results, Fairuze ... proceeded to trial on the case.
OUTCOME: The jury deliberated for 8 hours and hung (4 not guilty - 2 guilty). The State then waived the minimum mandatory sentence and the client pled to time served.
The client was charged with actual possession of a firearm by a convicted felon which carries a three year mandatory prison sentence. Several Fort Lauderdale Police Officers testified they observed the ... client grab the gun from his waistband and throw it under a nearby vehicle. Through cross examination, Fairuze was able to reveal the inconsistencies in the officers' stories.
OUTCOME: After ten minutes, the jury returned a not guilty verdict.
The client was originally arrested for attempted murder which was reduced to shooting into an occupied vehicle. The client rejected a plea offer to a misdemeanor with probation and proceeded to trial. ... Although the client had picked up three misdemeanor marijuana cases while out on bond for this case, Fairuze managed to keep him out of jail.
OUTCOME: After ten minutes, the jury returned a not guilty verdict.
The client was originally arrested for attempted murder which was reduced to shooting into an occupied vehicle. The client rejected a plea offer to a misdemeanor with probation and proceeded to trial. ... Although the client had picked up three misdemeanor marijuana cases while out on bond for this case, Fairuze managed to keep him out of jail.
OUTCOME: Fairuze was able to vacate the old conviction and the client obtained her green card.
This client had been married to a US Citizen for more than ten years but was unable to adjust her status due to an old conviction for manufacturing cannabis.
OUTCOME: Fairuze was able to reopen the deportation order arguing that the client was eligible for cancellation of removal. The client pled the new felony case to a misdemeanor and won his cancellation of removal hearing getting his green card back.
A client with an old deportation order was arrested for a new felony drug offense.
OUTCOME: The client's application for cancellation of removal was granted.
Lawful Permanent Resident client was convicted of Possession of Cannabis with Intent to Sell. He was stopped with approximately 170 pounds of cannabis in the trunk of his car.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
The client was charged with Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon and was facing a prison sentence. During trial Fairuze was able to bring out that the victim was a multi time convicted felon who was ... currently on probation and that the "stab" wound was treated with a band aid.