The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has issued a decision in favor of my client on a case involving important First Amendment issues. DISCLAIMER A D.C. Superior Court Judge had ruled that my client had committed the crime of…
I have filed an appellate brief in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals on behalf of my client in what I believe is an important free speech case. The case deals with the extent that the District’s anti-stalking law…
I recently prevailed in a motion to have a client’s felony conviction reversed on grounds of actual innocence under the District of Columbia’s Innocence Protection Act (D.C. Code § 22–4135). Disclaimer A jury had convicted my client, who was then represented…
I currently represent a client (let’s call him “Client”) in an interesting First Amendment case pending before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Another person (let’s call him “Petitioner”) had a brief sexual affair with my client’s spouse. My…
I am pleased that I have been appointed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to its Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel. As an appellate CJA attorney I will represent indigent individuals who have been criminally convicted in federal courts.…
On November 4 I appeared on behalf of my client at an oral argument before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which is D.C.’s equivalent of a state supreme court. At issue was exclusion of expert testimony about the…
A just released Virginia Supreme Court decision will further Virginia’s reputation as a landlord-friendly jurisdiction. In the case, Steward v. Holland Family Properties, LLC, the state’s highest court upheld a lower court ruling that a landlord was not liable for…
The message of a somewhat surprising recent Virginia Supreme Court decision, Specialty Hospitals Of Washington v. Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Inc., is clear: anyone sued in a Virginia court had better file a timely response to the lawsuit—whether or not they actually…