Ballard Spahr has promoted three public finance attorneys to partners the firm announced. The public finance lawyers include Charles Treece, Azer Akhtar, both in Washington, D.C., and Jennifer Santangelo in Philadelphia. They were among the seven attorneys Ballard Spahr elected to the firm’s partnership on July 1. Charles Treece, Azer […] Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE — When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. So it was not a surprise to legal observers that Peterson was acquitted Thursday of child neglect and other charges […] Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE — When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. So it was not a surprise to legal observers that Peterson was acquitted Thursday of child neglect and other charges […] Read More
Buttons for Bravery is a display on the wall of the family room at the Child Advocacy Center in Lewiston. Each child that goes through the forensic interview process is offered the opportunity to choose a button to glue on the board. Family advocate Amy Morin tells the children, “Sometimes […] Read More
DULUTH — A South Range man who disposed of a homicide victim’s remains in Lake Superior is expected to take the stand at the shooter’s upcoming trial. Robert Thomas West has struck an agreement with prosecutors to testify against Jacob Colt Johnson, the 37-year-old Superior man who fatally shot Richard […] Read More
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley’s attorneys returned fire Friday after Hunter Biden’s counsel slammed congressional Republicans for their investigation into President Joe Biden’s youngest son. The drama began earlier Friday when one of Hunter’s attorneys, Abbe Lowell, sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee chair Jason Smith essentially accusing him […] Read More
Christopher Shaw, attorney Chance Lynch, left, and Shaw’s supporters make their way to the front of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office building for a news conference on Thursday, June 29, 2023. Matt Hollinshead/Beaumont Enterprise Civil rights attorney Ben Crump talks to Christopher Shaw prior to a news conference about a […] Read More
A slow morning of technical evidence about bullet trajectory and gunpowder residue erupted into a volley of allegations between attorneys during Greg Leon’s murder trial Friday. What began as two objections from defense attorney Jack Swerling to questions posed by prosecutor Rick Hubbard turned into an acrimonious back and forth. […] Read More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. So it was not a surprise to legal observers that Peterson was acquitted Thursday of child neglect and […] Read More
Faced with loss in the 2020 election, Trump campaign attorneys built an elaborate mind palace in which the former president could steal victory from the jaws of defeat. The problem was, building that universe required persuading real people to lie — not in the imaginary world where Trump reversed his […] Read More
