Recent Results for Clients


Past results are no guarantee of future results. Every case is different and must be judged on its own merits. Missouri Supreme Court Rule 4-7.1(c).

CRIMINAL DEFENSE CASE RESULTS

2017: Murder in the Second Degree DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. J.L.); Possession of a Controlled Substance DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. K.K.); Possession of a Controlled Substance DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. A.T.); Trafficking in the Second Degree DISMISSED (State v. C.A. and B.A.). 2016: Assault, Violation of Protective Order DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. J.T.M.); Possession of a Controlled Substance DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. J.P.); Assault in the First Degree DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. J.H.). 2015: First-Degree Assault: Probation; Armed Criminal Action DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. T.S.); 2014: Second-Degree Murder DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. R.G.); 2013 Second-Degree Murder DISMISSED (State of Missouri v. L.G.)

NOT-GUILTY JURY VERDICTS for first-degree murder (State of Missouri v. L.J., Jr. [self-defense]) and second-degree murder (State of Missouri v. J.W. [alibi]) and (State of Missouri v. E.H. [self-defense]).
LESSER-OFFENSE VERDICTS for clients charged with first-degree murder (State of Missouri v. T.T.)(State of Missouri v. M.F.).
NOT-GUILTY JURY VERDICTS for driving while intoxicated (State of Missouri v. I.P.), unlawful use of a weapon (State of Missouri v. R.J., Jr.), felon in possession of a firearm (State of Missouri v. L.C.J., Jr.).
MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL GRANTED and CONVICTION SET ASIDE for burglary in the second degree (State of Missouri v. R.S.) and unlawful use of a weapon (State of Missouri v. L.R.).
REVERSAL OF CONVICTION and 7-year prison sentence SET ASIDE under Rule 24.035 (G.C. v. State of Missouri).
REVERSAL OF CONVICTION and 40-year sentence SET ASIDE under Rule 29.15 (L.P. v. State of Missouri).

PERSONAL INJURY CASE RESULTS

  • Elderly woman required shoulder surgery after tripping and falling on nylon packing strips left on store floor by employees.  Surveillance video showed employees throwing straps away while woman was being treated by EMTs. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
  • Man required knee and hip replacement after falling on ice in his apartment complex parking lot.  Apartment complex tried to get case dismissed because of language in the lease, but trial court ruled that complex assumed duty to keep common areas safe. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
  • Woman slipped and fell on office building floor during rainstorm.  Building had a history of injuries to women wearing dress shoes, and failed to place mats and other slip-resistance on floors.  Woman suffered avascular necrosis in her hip and required total hip replacement. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
  • Woman struck at intersection suffered facial lacerations: POLICY LIMITS for bodily injury and underinsured motorist coverage.
  • Man riding motorcycle struck by car that ran red light, causing him to suffer leg amputation below the knee: POLICY LIMITS for bodily injury and underinsured motorist coverage.

CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

  • PHYSICAL INJURY DURING ATTEMPTED REPOSSESSION OF CAR: African-American woman brutally beaten by car loan company employees during attempted repossession of vehicle at woman’s home, in front of her children, while she was current on her car payments: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
  • NEGLIGENT HIRING BY RETAIL STORE–RACIAL PROFILING RESULTS IN INJURY AND FALSE ARREST African-American customer falsely accused of shoplifting and physically injured by racial-profiling store security guard who was a former police officer who had been fired from that position for abuse of power. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.

EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION DISCRIMATION

  • African-American students denied special education services and a free and appropriate public education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) because of racist job threats made by principal to teacher: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
  • African-American female terminated after discovering and complaining about salary disparity between herself and white male co-workers performing the same work with the same title: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.
  • Elementary school student subjected to sexual assault by another student with reputation for aggressive behavior: CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT
  • Romanian female employee threatened with deportation by male manager unless she submitted to sexual acts on business trips. CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENT.