Victories

What began as a simple allegation about a missing bicycle light violation quickly escalated into something more, ultimately exposing a flawed police stop and leading to a complete victory for our client due to violations of his constitutional rights. 

When the state charged our client with exploitation of a vulnerable adult, she came to us perplexed. That’s because the adult she was supposedly exploiting was her husband, and he maintained he wasn’t being exploited. Equally perplexed, we immediately challenged the state’s theory of guilt. Through dogged investigation and lengthy pretrial litigation, it worked, as the state blinked and dismissed the charges on the eve of trial.

When our client was charged with lying to police about her brother’s whereabouts, we fought to figure out the whole story, because law enforcement’s version didn’t add up. Through extensive investigation and numerous demands for missing evidence, we learned the state had violated our client’s Fourth Amendment rights when they entered her house without a warrant. Before we could vindicate this constitutional violation, however, the state dismissed the criminal case against her.

When our client was charged with exploiting her elderly, infirm father by doing exactly what he wanted with his money, we were confident she had done nothing wrong. So we fought to clear her name. And after a multiple-day hearing and extensive briefing, we proved what we knew all along: our client was simply doing what she was allowed to do as her father’s power-of-attorney.

Our client was charged for killing a deer out of season. He hired us and we quickly realized the police had acted illegally by coming onto his property and searching it without a warrant. So we filed a legal motion accusing the state of violating his 4th Amendment rights. The court sided with us, and the charges were dismissed.

When our client was accused of sexual assault, he came to us and explained what had happened. We fought for nearly a year to clear his name. On the day before trial, our efforts proved successful, as the state dismissed the charges.

When the state charged our client with sexually assaulting his former foster daughter, he vehemently denied the allegations. So we pressure tested every aspect of the child’s story, looking for inconsistencies that would prove our client’s innocence. After months of dogged investigation, we found enough “red flags” that the state had no choice but to drop the case.

When the state charged our client with sexual assault related to an encounter he believed was consensual, we fought to clear his name. After a long legal battle, which included convincing a judge to suppress certain evidence, the prosecutor agreed to dismiss the charges.

We helped a client sentenced to life in prison secure a presidential pardon. The pardon grants him what was once unthinkable: the elimination of his life sentence and a guarantee that he’ll be released early from prison.

When our client was shot during a home invasion, the police began investigating him. We helped him meet with law enforcement, explain the situation, and answer their questions. Due to his openness and honesty, the government decided not to prosecute him and instead gave him a pretrial diversion—a rarity in federal court.

When our client’s employer found money missing from the till, the state jumped to the conclusion that our client must be to blame. But our client denied any involvement in the theft and so we fought hard to successfully prove her innocence.

Werner Rummer has spent almost 30 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit. After reviewing his case, we agreed, and began working to get him released. We haven’t won yet, but we are making progress, and we won’t stop until he gets out. Justice demands it.

We got 65 pounds of drugs suppressed and saved our client nearly two decades in prison by reviewing the evidence carefully, identifying a questionable traffic stop, and challenging it.

It was one of the largest amounts of drugs suppressed in recent North Dakota history.

When a former client told us the Bureau of Prisons wanted to make him stay in prison longer than he was supposed to, we fought back by filing a lawsuit that paved the way for his early release.

When the state violated our client’s Fourth Amendment rights, we moved to hold them accountable. And two courts agreed with us—each holding that the police violated his rights. Despite this, both upheld his conviction. This injustice didn’t sit well with us, so we’ve been fighting for his freedom ever since.

When our client’s daughter made horrific sexual allegations against him, he vehemently denied any wrongdoing and vowed to fight to clear his name. With our help, he did.

When our client fell asleep while driving and caused a fatal crash, we fought to show that there was more to what happened than it seemed at first blush.

Our client’s house caught fire, and when firefighters arrived, they acted like cops instead of firefighters, so we challenged the legality of their conduct. We won and the illegal guns found in the house were suppressed.

We were one of the first law firms in the country to take a Supreme Court immigration ruling and apply it to a criminal case – and win.

When police entered our client’s garage without a warrant, we knew their conduct violated the Fourth Amendment, so we challenged it and got our client’s DWI charge dismissed.

After the tragic loss of her child to SIDS, a grieving mother named Cassandra Black Elk was charged and convicted of harming her own baby. But there was one problem—she didn’t do anything wrong. Read how we got her conviction overturned.

When a high school teacher from northern Minnesota was accused of inappropriate conduct with a student, we successfully got the charges dismissed by convincing the judge that his conduct, while perhaps odd, wasn’t criminal.

After a gun misfired and resulted in a tragic death, our client was charged with murder and manslaughter. But no matter how tragic an accident is, our criminal justice system can't be used as a tool for retribution when the evidence proves the act wasn't criminal. So we took this case all the way to trial and proved our client's innocence.

When something is difficult and the chances of success are slim, most people give up. This is usually the case when it comes to making challenges against the Government. This case deals with a complicated federal statute - 21 U.S.C. § 851 - which is notoriously difficult to win on. But we did it, and here’s how.

When our client came to us, she was charged with felony fraud and facing years in prison. All because she was the victim of a hacker. We worked hard to make sure this unjust charge was dismissed so her future could remain intact.

We were one of the first law firms in the country to get a client released from jail because of the risk posed by COVID-19. How’d we do it? By filing multiple motions, attending numerous hearings, and never giving up.