Attorney: Nicole Kettwick Charge: Criminal Vehicular Operation Date: August 2023 Nicole’s client was charged with a Criminal Vehicular Operation after a car crash resulted in substantial injury to a passenger in his vehicle. Criminal Vehicular Operation typically carries a felony level sentence, and Nicole’s client pleaded guilty to the charge in exchange for no further jail time. However, with her...
Date: July 2023 Case: Expungement Attorney: Isabel McClure Result: Isabel’s client was previously granted a stay of adjudication on a criminal vehicular operation charge in Anoka County. Isabel’s client was afraid this incident would impact their ability to gain employment in the contracting field that requires frequent background checks. Isabel filed a petition and negotiated with the prosecutor for Anoka County...
Date: February 2023
Case: Preliminary Criminal Vehicular Homicide
Attorney: Nicole Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client was facing a potential criminal vehicular homicide charge in Freeborn County. After Nicole spoke with the prosecutor and investigator, the prosecutor decided to decline the charges.
Date: December 2022
Case: Criminal Vehicular Homicide (x2)
Attorney: Michael J. Brandt
Result: Mike was retained to represent a juvenile client facing two charges of Criminal Vehicular Homicide which originally was going to be designated as an Extended Jurisdiction Juvenile case. However, based on Mike’s negotiations with the prosecutor and his client’s proactive steps, Mike was able to convince the prosecutor to keep the matter in juvenile court and secured a stay of adjudication for his client, which means that upon successful completion of probation, the Criminal Vehicular Homicide charges were dismissed, and Mike’s client was only convicted of Fourth Degree DWI.
Date: August 2022
Case: Felony Criminal Vehicular Operation
Attorney: Nicole Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client was charged with Felony Criminal Vehicular Operation after getting into an accident where the passenger broke their leg. Nicole negotiated the case down to a Gross Misdemeanor Leaving the Scene of an Accident, which saved her client a 3-year license revocation and a felony conviction.
Date: March 2022
Case: CVH
Attorney: Mike Brandt
Result: Mike was retained to represent a client charged with felony criminal vehicular homicide in Aitkin County resulting from an accident involving a death. As the matter was charged, it called for a sentence of four years in prison. Mike was successful in negotiating a reduced charge of gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation. Mike’s client did not serve any jail time and kept a felony off his record.
Date: February 2022
Case: Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation, Fourth Degree DWI
Attorney: Nicole Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client faced Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation and two counts of Misdemeanor Fourth Degree DWI after a boating accident. Because of Nicole’s negotiations with the prosecutor and her client’s proactive steps, the gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation charge was dismissed and instead the client plead guilty to a Fourth Degree DWI and was placed on unsupervised probation.
Date: November 2021
Case: Criminal Vehicular Operation
Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick
Result: After a head-on collision left both Nicole’s client and another driver in the hospital, Nicole’s client faced two counts of Felony Criminal Vehicular Operation (CVO). Nicole’s client made significant strides in sobriety and in a restorative justice circle with the victim in the accident. This helped Nicole reach a resolution with the prosecutor where her client pled guilty to an amended charge of Gross Misdemeanor CVO, and her client was able to avoid a felony conviction and jail time.
Date: July 2021
Case: Criminal Vehicular Operation
Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client was in a traffic collision and left the scene without giving his information to the other driver. The police arrested Nicole’s client at his home and charged him with 3 counts of Gross Misdemeanor Vehicular Operation, 2 counts of Misdemeanor Fourth Degree DWI, and Gross Misdemeanor Failure to Stop for a Traffic Collision. Nicole encouraged her client to take various proactive steps and then used his progress to negotiate with the prosecutor. Nicole convinced the prosecutor to dismiss all of the Gross Misdemeanor charges. Nicole’s client was placed on 2 years of probation and was ordered to complete 80 hours of community service. Nicole’s client avoided a Gross Misdemeanor conviction and avoided serving any jail time.
Date: January 2020
Case: GM Criminal Vehicular Operation
Attorney: Michael J. Brandt
Result: Mike’s client was charged with a Gross Misdemeanor Criminal Vehicular Operation for an incident occurring in Anoka County in August 2019. Mike negotiated a Stay of Adjudication for his client. This means that no conviction was entered and after the client successfully completes 2 years of probation, the charge will be dismissed.
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