Edwardsville, IL
Criminal defense Lawyer at Edwardsville, IL
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI ... +2 more
OUTCOME: SSS Rescinded
Aggravated DUI - Ms. Flynn was stopped by Edwardsville Police on a parking lot. We successfully obtained a rescission of the Statutory Summary Suspension. I will pursue a Motion to Suppress regarding ... the criminal charge. I believe we will prevail on the motion.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons - Mr. Riggins was stopped by Brooklyn police. His car was unconstitutionally searched. We were hired and filed a motion to suppress evidence. The motion was grante ... d. All the evidence seized was suppressed. The State had to dismiss the charges against Mr. Riggins.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Multiple clients. The focus on these citations is in part on whether the photo evidence is clear enough to implicate my clients in the offense. Many times the photos cannot be produced or if they are ... and aren't legible the cases are dismissed.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Mr. Niebling was charged with Agg. DUI after he committed a traffic violation. We obtained and reviewed the dash cam evidence. It appeared he had performed all SFTS satisfactorily. We filed the moti ... on to suppress and the judge agreed. The case was dismissed.
OUTCOME: We prevailed. Case Dismissed.
Motion to Suppress drug seizure after Collinsville Police Department traffic stop.
OUTCOME: Rescission of the SSS
Statutory Summary Suspension hearing. I won the civil SSS against Ms. Wicks for her DUI arrest by Southern Illinois Univ. police. The officer's testimony was full of inconsistencies under cross exami ... nation
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Second time DUI. I tried Mr. Elick's case in April. We won. The State did not have breath test results to present. The arresting officer was roughed up on cross. In the end the jury did not believ ... e the arresting officer.
OUTCOME: Plaintiff's Verdict
Excessive force case tried in Southern District Federal Court. Mr. Phipps was beaten by officers while in his own home. Not only did the jury award emotional distress and punitive damages, the defend ... ants paid attorney fees.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Methamphetamine production charge. My client, who was on probation for methamphetamine production, won his case after cross examination of the arresting officers resulted in multiple versions.
OUTCOME: Plaintiff's Verdict - $119,000
I tried a malicious prosecution case a couple years back and Mr. Stritzel testified against us. He was a witness for the defense team of Brown & James in St. Louis. We won the case. ST. LOUI ... S, Mo. (KMOX) - One of two St. Louis City Parks Department employees who embezzled nearly $500,000 from taxpayers will be sentenced next Thursday. Deputy Parks Commissioner Joseph Vacca was originally scheduled to face sentencing today. Earlier this year Vacca and Chief Park Ranger Thomas “Dan” Stritzel admitted to setting up a fake company which stole from the city for about eight years until they were caught. Vacca faces up to twenty years in prison and $25,000 in fines for his role in the scheme. Stritzel is scheduled to be sentenced in January. Mayor Slay says new safeguards are in place that “will make this type of thing much more difficult to accomplish in the future.”