December 2022
In the midst of a complicated trial for divorce and protection-from-abuse (PFA), we forced a favorable settlement agreement, winning our client primary residential care of the children, half the retirement assets, a settlement payment for the real estate, payment of our attorney's fees, and a PFA order. Read On
December 2022
Our client was pulled over on suspicion of Operating Under the Influence (OUI). Although his BAC was only 0.03 (under the 0.08 limit), police suspected him of also being under the influence of marijuana and subjected him to further testing by a so-called "drug recognition expert" (DRE). However, with our help, the criminal case was dismissed, and his license was never suspended. Read On
November 2022
Our client was charged with Domestic Violence Assault, following an argument with his boyfriend. We negotiated a settlement whereby the criminal case was dismissed after a six-month "filing agreement." Read On
October 2022
While in Maine for a wedding, our client's girlfriend became very intoxicated and reported him to the police, resulting in a charge of Domestic Violence Assault. However, we succeeded in negotiating the dismissal of the case. Read On
October 2022
Our client was involved in a single vehicle accident and was found later to have a BAC of 0.22. She was charged with OUI and Failing to Report and Accident. The OUI charge was dismissed, and she pled guilty to Failing to Report an Accident and Driving to Endanger for fines and a thirty-day license suspension. She was spared the much more serious consequences of the OUI with aggravating factors. Read On
August 2021
Our client was alleged to have been driving 65 mph in a 25 mph zone and was charged with Criminal Speed. But we negotiated the dismissal of the criminal charge in lieu of a civil speeding ticket for a $350 fine. Read On
January 2020
After a successful appeal and re-sentencing, in federal court, our client's sentence was reduced by almost five years. Read On
January 2020
Dan Wentworth won a jury trial, securing not guilty verdicts on all counts, including a felony charge of Aggravated Assault. He also won the related protection-from-abuse (PFA) hearing. Read On
September 2019
The prosecutor dismissed two counts of Aggravated Assault, Class B felonies, and our client pled instead to one count of Reckless Conduct, a Class D misdemeanor, for only a $150 fine. Read On
September 2019
Our client was charged with OUI with an alleged BAC of 0.28 and a prior conviction within ten years. He was facing, at minimum, a three-year license suspension, a seven-day jail sentence, and more. But thanks to our search for the truth and our effective representation, we won at the BMV hearing ... Read On
May 2019
Dylan Boyd won a jury trial, securing a verdict of not guilty to a criminal charge of possession of short lobsters. Read On
October 2018
The prosecutor dismissed a case against our client charging felony possession of drugs. We filed both a motion to suppress the traffic stop and a motion to suppress our client's incriminating statements. On the eve of the suppression hearing, the prosecutor dismissed the case. This spared our cli... Read On
August 2018
We succeeded in getting the prosecutor to dismiss the case against our client, which charged two counts of Aggravated Drug Trafficking, a Class A felony with a minimum sentence of four years, and a forfeiture count, seeking to take ownership of his vehicle. But now, with the case dismissed, our c... Read On
June 2018
At a sentencing hearing in federal court, we convinced the Court to keep our client out of prison and sentence him to probation instead. Under the Sentencing Guidelines, he was facing a prison term of approximately three years. To avoid prison in a federal case is extraordinary. We were able to a... Read On
April 2018
Our client was charged with Arson, a Class A felony, but after diligent defense work, the prosecutor dismissed that charge, and our client instead pleaded no contest to Failure to Control or Report a Dangerous Fire, a Class D misdemeanor, with a sentence of an unconditional discharge, meaning no ... Read On
March 2018
Our client was facing a new assault charge and a probation violation. The prosecutor wanted him held without bail, and the plea offer called for six months in prison. That was unacceptable. So, we successfully argued for his release on bail. Then, we worked with a private investigator to gather a... Read On
September 2017
We negotiated a plea agreement whereby our client's OUI charge was dismissed up front and a lesser charge of Driving to Endanger would be dismissed in one year provided our client got no new charges during that time. Read On
August 2017
We successfully defended a client in a protection-from-abuse case, resulting in the court denying the frivolous complaint filed against our client. The opposing party was trying to use the PFA process to gain an upper hand in the parental rights case, but we stopped that from happening. Read On
June 2017
Our client went from facing four years in prison to only four days in jail. At the start of the case, he was charged with multiple felonies, including Aggravated Drug Trafficking (Class A), which carries a mandatory minimum four-year sentence. But by the end of the case, the prosecutor dismissed ... Read On
May 2017
Our client had two speeding tickets from two incidents within a short period of time. We got the first one "filed," meaning it would be dismissed in six months if there were no more violations; and we got the second one dropped from 20-24 mph over the limit to only 1-9 mph over the limit. Read On
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