Richard O Ely II

Hired in 1999 as Federal Public Offender, according to the judge my case was merely circumstantial. Mr. Ely filed a motion for continuance and discovery, and never filed anything else , later withdrew as counsel for "conflict of interest" after debriefing my codefendant and and accepting both our ple...a. When I hadn't heard from him for weeks I contacted his office from jail and his secretary notified me he hadn't filed "any motions on my behalf" I believe he dropped my case to take on the 3 tons of cocaine in the Russian vessel in the port of Houston, the biggest seizure at the time. How do I know this... The Russian Captain of the boat was also in Jail with me during this time and when he told me who his attorney was ... my jaw dropped. This is my first hand account and its substantiated by the court record, news articles and first hand knowledge.