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Franklin County, Columbus, Ohio

After escaping an abusive relationship, our Client's ex-girlfriend filed a civil protection order (CPO) against him in the Franklin County Domestic Court alleging that the Client had forcibly raped her multiple times during the relationship. After securing a continuance our firm worked closely with the Client to conduct a forensic review of the Client's phone reviewing 9 months of text messages and social media posts to obtain conclusive evidence that this was a false rape allegation. After sending a letter to the alleged victim demonstrating the overwhelming evidence in our favor she dismissed her CPO petition. She then attempted to file criminal charges for rape through the Columbus Police Department. Our office worked closely with Columbus Police Detectives to prove the sexual assault allegation was a lie. After reviewing our evidence detectives closed the case without filing any charges.

Our Client was on her way to pick her son up from school when she saw him involved in a fight outside the school.  She got out of her car and ran into break up the fight and then left with her son. Unbeknownst to her she was charged with misdemeanor assault in the Hamilton County Municipal Court and the police issued an warrant in Hamilton County.  Being charged with a violent crime, like assault in Cincinnati can carry significant penalties, most seriously 180 days in jail and a $1000 fine. You can read more about assault charges in Hamilton County here.

Our attorneys reviewed the evidence and discovered that cell phone video which showed the fight was inconsistent with the injuries alleged in the assault police report.  The video showed our client acting in defense of her son.  Under Ohio Law, a person is allowed to use force to defend themself, or another person.  We spoke with our client and discovered this was not the first time the same police officer had attempted to have our Client charged with a crime.  Twice previously he had changed with assault in Cincinnati by the same officer.  She was found not guilty in those matters as well.

At trial we raised the issues of her defending of her son, the inconstancies between the video and the police report, and the history of the officer charging her.  The Judge determined that there was not enough evidence to support the assault charges and found our Client not guilty.  

Our Client, a single mother two, was charged with assault and domestic violence in Cincinnati after she defended herself against the father of her children who has a long history of violence against her and others.  Our Client was accused of punching the alleged victim and threatening him with a knife.  If convicted she would have faced up to 6 months in jail and could have been left with a non-expungable violent conviction on her record.

After meeting with the Client and reviewing the case we discovered evidence that the Cincinnati Police Department failed to collect.  We further identified and provided at least 8 prior specific instances of domestic violence committed by the alleged victim against our Client.  We determined that the case was one that would allow for Battered Woman Syndrome Evidence per section 2901.06 of the Ohio Revised Code and confronted the Cincinnati City Prosecutor's Office with our assessment of the case.  In light of the strength of our presentation the Prosecutor's Office agreed to dismiss the case.  Our Client never had to testify and she will have the charge removed from her record.

Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio

Our Client was charged with M1 Sexual Imposition in Hamilton County.  The Client was at a public park in Cincinnati, Ohio when he got into an argument with a group of teenagers who were playing soccer over one of the girls who was also playing.  During the course of the argument our Client hit one of the other teenagers in the genitals.  The Client was arrested and charged with Sexual Imposition Criminal Charges in the Hamilton County Municipal Court.  If the Client was convicted he faced incarceration and mandatory sex-offender registration.  Despite apparent weaknesses in the case the prosecutor refused to dismiss and the matter proceeded to trial. After a 3-day jury trial, the Client was found not guilty.  The jury deliberated for less than 90-minutes. 

Hamilton County, Columbus, Ohio

A Client, was charged with misdemeanor child endangering in Hamilton County Municipal Court after leaving her two sleeping children in the car when she went into Kroger in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Client left the unattended for approximately 15 minutes, but when she returned Cincinnati Police had already arrived.  She was arrested and charged with child endangering and the kids were taken into custody of the State.  At a trial that took less than an hour, we demonstrated that there was no actual risk of harm to the children and that she had not acted recklessly when she went into the store.  The Judge found the Client not guilty after hearing the evidence and our arguements.

Hamilton County, Columbus, Ohio

A Client, was charged with misdemeanor assault in Hamilton County Municipal Court. The Client was drinking at a friend's home when another person at the home began trying to initiate a conflict. Our Client attempted to leave but the other person followed him out of the house and grabbed our Client while they were on the front porch. The two men fell off the porch and the other individual fell in such a way that his hand was broken. Due to the other person's injuries, our Client was arrested by Cincinnati Police Department and charged with M1 Assault in Hamilton County Municipal Court.

Our Client was already on probation for an unrelated felony matter. If the Client was convicted on the assault charge he faced 6 months in jail on the new case and 18 months on the felony probation violation.  You can read more about Assault charges in Cincinnati here.  Our attorney's were able to quickly meet with the Client while he was incarcerated and identify, contact, and subpoena key and impartial witnesses to testify at trial.  We were able to obtain copies of text messages from the alleged victim attempting to extort the Client's family for money in exchange for not coming to Court.

At a trial that lasted less than an hour our Client was found not guilty.  He was then released from custody and his probation was not found to have been violated.

After getting into an argument during a custody exchange our Client's ex-wife called 911 and accused him of pushing her to the ground and strangling her.  Officers came to the house, took a statement from the alleged victim and then issued a warrant for strangulation and domestic violence.  The Client contacted our office to get the warrant recalled.  If the Client was arrested on the warrant he would have missed work for several days, likely causing him to lose his job.  We filed a motion to have the warrant set aside in the Franklin County Municipal Court.  At the set aside hearing the alleged victim made statements that were inconsistent with what she told the police on the night of the alleged domestic violence.  After considering the evidence presented, the judge set aside the warrant over the objection of the Franklin County Prosecutor and our Client was able to go home without going to jail.

The Client was charged with a Columbus OVI after being pulled over in Columbus, Ohio for speeding, going 40 miles per hour over the speed limit, 75 in a 35 zone.  After being asked to exit the vehicle by Columbus Police, our Client submitted to OVI field sobriety testing. The officer believed our Client performed poorly and placed her under arrest.  She was transported to a police station and blew over twice the legal limit. 

After we obtained copies of the police report and and looked at video footage provided we were able to raise issues with the case to the prosecutor.

Ultimately, the reckless operation ticket was dismissed and the High Test OVI was reduced to a lower level non-OVI traffic offense.