Doctor accused of assaulting child.
N/AOUTCOME: Dismissed.
Represented a doctor charged with assaulting his 4-year-old daughter. Case ended without conviction after motions to challenge the sufficiency of the city's evidence.
Criminal defense Lawyer
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Juvenile ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Dismissed.
Represented a doctor charged with assaulting his 4-year-old daughter. Case ended without conviction after motions to challenge the sufficiency of the city's evidence.
OUTCOME: Writs granted.
Obtained numerous Writs of Habeas Corpus for misdemeanor clients whose rights were violated during bail, probation violation, competency restoration, or other hearings.
OUTCOME: Dismissed.
My client was arrested during an anti-police-brutality protest. He was charged with perjury after testifying in defense of another protestor. The charges were dismissed as a result of newly developed ... evidence and motions showing selective enforcement of the laws, prosecutor bias and misconduct, and insufficient evidence.
OUTCOME: Dismissed.
Helped successfully defend hundreds of WTO arrestees. Spearheaded the successful defense of dozens of clients arrested while engaging in police brutality protests.
OUTCOME: Dismissed.
Charges of Obstruction, Resisting Arrest and Assaulting a Police Officer were dismissed during trial after demonstrating that the Seattle Police Department violated discovery orders and withheld eviden ... ce. Case became one of the factors motivating the City of Seattle to review Seattle Police internal investigation and civilian oversight policies and procedures.
OUTCOME: Dismissed, law overturned.
Won a major case against the Seattle Police Department for unconstitutionally enforcing scalping laws. The court found that the police were selectively and unconstitutionally enforcing the scalping la ... ws outside Safeco Field
OUTCOME: Dismissed.
A young man was accused of first-degree robbery and illegally possessing a firearm after the victim and witnesses picked him out of a photo montage. He would have faced more than 10 years in prison if ... convicted, but the charges were dismissed after arguing the identification process used was unlawful. The judge noted this was the first time in 10 years he had been persuaded to dismiss charges on this basis.
OUTCOME: Conviction reversed.
Successfully argued that my juvenile client could not be convicted of misdemeanor assault and malicious harassment for the same act.
OUTCOME: Juvenile charged as adult returned to juvenile court.
Persuaded the prosecutor to substantially reduce charges against 16-year-old facing multiple counts of first-degree assault and deadly weapon enhancements. As a result, client served 30-72 weeks in ju ... venile detention instead of more than 16 years in adult prison.
OUTCOME: Dismissed after deferral period.
Obtained a deferred disposition to one count of Possessing Stolen Property in the First Degree for a 17-year-old accused of being involved in stealing and trafficking more than $76,000 in computer equi ... pment. Client did not serve any time in custody, and was ordered to pay approximately $1,500 in restitution. At the end of the deferral period, the case was dismissed.