Portland, ME
Criminal defense Lawyer at Portland, ME
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family ... +15 more
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
By leveraging the evidence and suppression issues, I negotiated a plea agreement whereby my client's OUI charge was dismissed up front and a lesser charge of Driving to Endanger will be dismissed in on ... e year provided my client gets no new charges during that time.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
I successfully defended a client in a protection-from-abuse case, resulting in the court denying the frivolous complaint filed against my client. The opposing party was trying to use the PFA process to ... gain an upper hand in the parental rights case, but I stopped that from happening.
OUTCOME: Felony Dismissed, Plea to Misdemeanors for Time Served
My client went from facing four years in prison to only four days in jail. At the start of the case, he was charged with multiple felonies, including Aggravated Drug Trafficking (Class A), which carrie ... s a mandatory minimum four-year sentence. But by the end of the case, the prosecutor dismissed all felony charges, and my client pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges for a sentence of only four days (time served) with one year of probation.
OUTCOME: One Ticket Filed/Dismissed, One Ticket Reduced
A client had two speeding tickets. I got the first one "filed," meaning it will be dismissed in six months if there are no more violations; and I got the second one dropped from 20-24 mph over the limi ... t to only 1-9 mph over the limit.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
I successfully defended a client in a protection-from-abuse case, resulting in the court denying the frivolous complaint that was filed against my client.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
After extended negotiations and leveraging, the prosecutor dismissed the case against a client of mine who was charged with Aggravated Assault, a Class B felony.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed, BMV Suspension Rescinded
In an OUI case, I won a contested BMV hearing. Next, I fought the case in court and negotiated a plea agreement whereby the OUI charge was dismissed up front and a lesser charge of Driving to Endanger ... was dismissed one year later, after my client successfully completed a deferred disposition. The end result was no license suspension, no criminal conviction, no jail time, and no fine.
OUTCOME: Favorable Judgment
The court just ruled in our favor on a motion to modify a parental rights and responsibilities judgment. The opposing party sought to modify the 50/50 contact schedule and claim primary residence of th ... e child, but we convinced the judge that there was no basis for that change and that it would be contrary to the child's best interests.
OUTCOME: Evidence Suppressed, Case Dismissed
The court granted my motion to suppress statements, based on a constitutional violation, meaning that my client's statements to the police could not be admitted into evidence and used against him at tr ... ial. That ruling left the prosecutor with insufficient evidence and caused him to dismiss the charges, which were felonies.