On Wednesday, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Qwest Communications, filed a lawsuit that alleges the lawyers who represented him during his insider-trading case overbilled him, a New York Criminal Lawyer has learned. The legal malpractice lawsuit was filed in state Superior Court in Newark, NJ, seeks punitive and…
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Camp Counselor Commits Suicide After Being Targeted by Sex Abuse Probe
A camp counselor committed suicide on the camp grounds, after becoming the subject of a sex abuse investigation. This summer camp was one attended by U.S. Senator Scott Brown in his youth. The day after the investigation began, the counselor committed suicide. A 35-year-old man claimed the counselor molested him…
Maryland Man Extradited from Europe Faces Rape Charges
A former Maryland man was extradited from Eastern Europe in March 2011 to face rape charges from more than a decade ago. He recently appeared in court for a preliminary hearing. The 51-year-old defendant is being held without bond. The charges against him are first- and second-degree rape, third-degree sex…
Teacher Confesses to Child Porn Possession
A prep school teacher has become what some consider to be “a parent’s worst nightmare” after pleading guilty to child pornography charges, sources told a Nassau County Sex Crimes Lawyers. The 28-year-old teacher admitted to using an internet file-sharing program to download videos of children engaged in sexual activities. “I…
Man sues after being jailed without a lawyer or getting a court hearing
A Dallas man is suing the county, the sheriff, and the district attorney after he spent 13 months in jail without access to a lawyer or a court hearing. The 22-year-old man had been pulled over for a traffic stop. He wished to hide the arrest warrant for violating his…
Breaking the Law by carrying a gun
A police told a NY Criminal Lawyer that though a lot of people were frightened recently at a mall because they saw a man carrying his guns openly in the mall, he may not be liable. They think that he may not even have committed a crime. Advocates of gun…
Man Who Carried Guns Near Mall Didn’t Break Law
In Orem, Utah police were called to the scene when a man carrying a pistol and a rifle near a mall was spotted. Coming only a week after the Tucson shootings, Police responded quickly to the several 911 calls they received. They found the man walking down the street in…
States Increasingly Want to Collect DNA on Arrest
There is personal, and then there is personal. One of the most personal things that we have is our DNA, reports NY City Criminal Lawyers. DNA defines what we look like, and in many ways, it defines who we are. State and Federal law enforcement agencies have long since taken…
Age a factor in sentencing of 72 year old man
There is an old saying that “with age comes wisdom”. Apparently, this proverb doesn’t hold true for everyone, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. Some people seem inclined to stay rooted in their old behavior patterns no matter how devastating they may be, and others pick up proclivities and…
College baseball star accused of rape in the Bahamas
What is it with sports super stars and rape? It seems like every couple of weeks we get to listen to another story of an athlete who was busted for rape in one capacity or another. According to a Nassau County Sex Crime Lawyer, most recently we have received word…