Alexandria, VA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Alexandria, VA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME:
Mr. Kiyonaga has successfully challenged convictions in federal court and in the courts of Virginia and the District of Columbia, to include several challenges based on the failure of counsel to advise ... non US citizen defendants of the immigration consequences of their guilty pleas.
OUTCOME:
Mr. Kiyonaga represented the Tamil Tigers before the High Court of Madras, India on a case of Tamil seamen held by the Indian government after their vessel was seized by the Indian Navy on the high sea ... s. As a fluent Spanish speaker, Mr. Kiyonaga has represented hundreds of foreign clients.
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Mr. Kiyonaga has represented the Republic of El Salvador as amicus curiae before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the appeal of a former Salvadoran Minister of Internal Secur ... ity in a human rights case arising from the Salvadoran civil war. At the request of foreign embassies, he has also represented numerous diplomats before Washington, D.C area courts.
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Mr. Kiyonaga briefed the appeal of a defendant which was heard by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of consular access under the Vienna Convention for non US citizen defendants. In support o ... f the defendant's petition, he secured the appearance of over 30 sovereign amici to include the entire European Union.
OUTCOME:
Mr. Kiyonaga is certified by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and by the Commonwealth of Virginia to defend death penalty cases and has defended such cases multiple ... times in the federal courts of the Eastern District of Virginia and the Districts of Maryland, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
OUTCOME: Won
Won the dismissal of all counts following the two week federal jury trial of a State Department official charged with lying on his security clearance application.
OUTCOME: Won
Won a four count felony dismissal for a construction manager charged with embezzling $50,000 worth of supplies.
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Secured a dismissal of all counts against a psychologically injured veteran.
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Secured a 10 year sentence for a NASA geophysicist charged with capital espionage.
OUTCOME: Won
Won a sentence of one third the minimum recommended for a factory owner who had failed to pay over $1 million in employment taxes.
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