Your Defense Against The Criminal Justice System

In June 2024, I defended a client in Hamilton County Municipal Court who was charged with Menacing. My client was accused of threatening a contractor working for him during a money dispute. I used video of the incident, contradictions between the the accuser and his son, and significant questions of the accuser’s credibility to show that the charge was unwarranted.

After hearing all of the evidence, the judge found my client NOT GUILTY.

In August 2024, in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, I was able to get the related Civil Protection Order case DISMISSED.

In March 2024, I defended a case in Warren County Common Pleas Court that involved Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle and Unauthorized Use of Property, a felony and a misdemeanor. My client had been accused of using his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle without her permission. The police never checked the title records of the vehicle to corroborate the accuser’s story or verify who was the legal owner, and we had paperwork that helped our case. After doing some further investigation, prosecutors agreed to dismiss the charges.

In September 2023, I defended a client in Hamilton County Municipal Court who was charged with DUI and Stopping After Accident. My client had hit another vehicle in a parking lot, and he parked 50 to 60 feet away to wait for the police because the other driver’s friends became aggressive. I was able to show from the officer’s testimony that my client displayed no coordination or speech issues (which are key signs of impairment) at the scene or at the police station. My client displayed no coordination issues, he was alert and oriented, he had no issues with his speech, and he had been able to back his vehicle straight into a parking space with a flat tire. The other driver’s testimony also directly contradicted the officer’s testimony regarding physical signs of impairment. In order to believe the other driver’s testimony that my client was stumbling drunk, the judge would have had to either believe that my client had completely sobered up by the time the officer arrived at the scene, about 10 to 15 minutes after the police were called, or believe that the officer was lying when he testified that he observed no coordination or speech issues with my client at the scene. After hearing all of the evidence and reviewing our written closing arguments, the judge found my client NOT GUILTY.

In March 2023 I defended a client in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court who was charged with Felonious Assault with gun specifications, Discharge of a Firearm On or Near a Prohibited Premises, and Having Weapons While Under Disability. My client was facing mandatory prison time and more than 20 years in prison. As the case progressed, a video was produced showing that the alleged victim started the whole incident by approaching and shooting at my client’s friend. As this friend ran towards the vehicle that my client was in, the alleged victim ran after him and shot at the vehicle, and someone in the vehicle shot back. My client was also shot, and from the video it was undeterminable who shot back from the vehicle and who had a gun. Before the video surfaced, the alleged victim told police a story that was completely contradicted by the video. He used his story to position himself as a cooperating witness in exchange for consideration for his own charges from this incident. I used this mountain of information to push my client’s side of the case, and I was able to obtain a dismissal at the request of the prosecutor and save my client from a lengthy prison sentence.