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Our Firm Wins “Compassionate Release” Motion to Keep Client Out of Prison

January 10, 2022
This week, a federal judge in Chicago granted a motion for a sentence reduction, often referred to as “compassionate release,” that we filed for our client—a 72-year-old man who had been sentenced to 78 months in prison for possessing child pornography. The judge reduced our client’s sentence to time served and ordered him to serve […]

Our firm secures $3 million settlement in civil rights case

July 27, 2021
Fernando Rodriquez was naked and unarmed when he was killed by police officers from the City of Hampton and Henry County, Georgia in 2019. Fernando was repeatedly tazed and eventually suffocated by the officers despite the fact that posed no threat to anyone. On behalf of Fernando and his family, our firm filed a Section […]

Our firm helps client get his life sentence reduced to “time served”

December 17, 2020
A federal judge in New Orleans granted our firm’s motion for compassionate release, filed behalf of our 82-year-old client at the federal prison in Jesup, Georgia. Our client had been sentenced to life in 1988 for smuggling 450 kilograms of cocaine into the U.S., though he was never accused of engaging in any violence or […]

Our firm wins release of inmate based on COVID-19 and excessive sentence

September 16, 2020
Yesterday, Senior U.S. District Judge Orinda Evans granted our firm’s motion for compassionate release and released our client from prison after he had served 15 years of a 64-year sentence. We requested his immediate release based on his pre-existing medical conditions, which increased his risk of severe illness from COVID-19. We also challenged the excessiveness […]

Our firm gets federal charges dismissed for client accused of violating U.S. sanctions against Iran

December 17, 2019
Our firm won another federal criminal case last week when federal prosecutors dismissed charges against our client after a trial date was set. Politico reported on the case which involved an Iranian-born American citizen and medical researcher in Kentucky who was charged with violating U.S. sanctions against Iran known as the ITSR (Iranian Transactions and […]

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