Representative Matters
Criminal
- Represented individual in the Western District of Michigan charged with participation in multi-million dollar wire fraud scheme. Filed extensive pretrial motions including Motion to Suppress Tainted Evidence and Motion to Recuse the Prosecutor as Material Witness. All charges dismissed pretrial after more than fourteen months of litigation.
- Represented accused Russian spy in the Southern District of New York. Client released on time served in a history making spy exchange, the largest such exchange since the end of the Cold War.
- Represented subject of a highly publicized federal securities fraud investigation in the Eastern District of Virginia. No charges filed.
- Defended individual charged with felony assault on a law enforcement officer at jury trial in Virginia. Argued to the jury that the defendant was justified in his actions due to law enforcement’s use of illegal and excessive force in arresting him, resulting in an acquittal by the jury.
- Represented Reagan National Airport supervisor charged with assaulting a subordinate. Found not guilty at trial on grounds of self defense.
- Represented individual charged with drug offenses in Eastern District of Virginia stemming out of arrest on CIA property. Filed motions challenging the legality of the government’s seizure of property and illegal interrogation of defendant. All charges dismissed pretrial and motion for return of property seized during search of defendant’s vehicle granted in its entirety over government’s objection.
Civil
- Obtained $436,640 arbitration award (including substantial award for lost profits) in commercial dispute with a contractor who refused to return a $25,000 deposit for an incomplete software project. None of the contractor’s counterclaims against our client survived judgment.
- Defended individual who was the subject of a petition for civil commitment in Virginia state court. Court dismissed petition based on cross-examination of government’s psychologist at preliminary hearing.
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