Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, FL
Litigation Lawyer at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, FL
Practice Areas: Litigation, Contracts & Agreements ... +8 more
OUTCOME: Conviction and Sentence Reversed
Client had been previously convicted of pornography-related offenses. Appeal to the Second District Court of Appeal resulted in reversal of the conviction, and the freeing of the client from custody i ... n prison. http://katzjustice.com/underdog/archives/2218-Reversal-of-child-pornography-conviction-in-Florida.html
OUTCOME: Client Vindication
Case with serious constitutional, free speech implications. Innocent client was the subject of bad-faith political targeting. Hard-fought case against a determined opposition resulted in client's vin ... dication
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed by State.
Client was a good, decent cop who was wrongfully targeted and charged with perjury. Following intensive deposition and motion practice (including three, separate motions to dismiss, the case was dropp ... ed). Following the disposition of the case, the attorney filed administrative charges against the two (2) internal affairs investigators spearheading Ortiz's wrongful prosecution.
OUTCOME: Disability Rights Vindicated by FL HRC
Client was resident of condo village. He was discriminated against by the condo board based upon his disability (he lost a leg in a freak accident), and was then retaliated against for attempting to v ... indicate his civil rights. Case was brought before the Florida Human Rights Commission. In a rare coup, the Commission issued a "for cause" ruling, enabling the client to proceed to litigation with the State backing his efforts, including with the active support of the FL Attorney General's Office.
OUTCOME: Client Wins Election Recount
Client was candidate for county court judgeship. Following initial vote count, she was down by approximately 60 votes, a small enough margin to activate recount requirements. Following involvement in ... overseeing the recount proceedings, client ended up reversing deficit and winning election by approximately 20 votes.
OUTCOME: Client Acquitted.
Client charged with, on separate occasions, disorderly conduct and indecent exposure. The latter case was tossed on a motion to dismiss. The State, following another occasion of client protesting gen ... der neutrality, i.e., the ability of women to be free to go topless, charged her again -- this time under State statute. Client proceeded to trial, and was found not guilty. Her fundamental right to political speech trumped the State's efforts to criminalize her topless protests.
OUTCOME: State Reduces Charge to Misdemeanor
Client improperly charged with bomb threats. Motion practice premised upon First Amendment issues and statutory interpretation compelled the prosecution to reduce the charge from a second-degree felon ... y to a second-degree misdemeanor. Client pleaded out to a fine.
OUTCOME: State Reduces Charge for Below Guidelines Plea
Client charged with RICO and Conspiracy to Commit RICO. Separately, he was tagged with a civil RICO case. Two-year long case defense with active motion practice, including Motion challenging the Stat ... e's efforts as involving violations of the Constitution's Excessive Fines Clause. Eventually, the State agreed to below guidelines sentence (from approx. 10 years in custody to only 2 years). Also, defense managed to successfully preserve some of the client's remaining assets despite formidable State efforts to take everything.
OUTCOME: Client plea.
Client charged with Attempted First-Degree Murder, following allegations that he had -- on a public golf course in SW Florida -- wielded a machete and used it to repeatedly strike the head of his girl ... friend. Client was from Latin America, and did not speak English. Following active motion practice, alleging police misconduct, Miranda violations, and violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations ("VCCR"), State reduced plea offer from 25 years in prison to 9 years in prison. Client accepted this reduced plea sentence.
OUTCOME: State dropped 296 counts, including felony.
Client targeted by state officials for obscenity crimes via his website. Hard-fought battle, including on appeal, resulted in the State dropping 296 of 301 counts. Client opted to plead to five (5) m ... isdemeanor counts.
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