Date: December 2021
Case: Fifth Degree Controlled Substance
Attorney: Isabel McClure
Result: Isabel was retained to help her client fight a felony drug charge. Isabel was able to negotiate a resolution in which the client was given a stay of execution of the sentence and placed on unsupervised probation for one year. Her client’s charge was therefore deemed a gross misdemeanor by the Court, and her client will avoid a felony charge on their record. Upon successful completion of probation, Isabel’s client will be able to get this charge expunged from their record.
Date: December 2021
Case: Felony Drug Possession and Gross Misdemeanor DWI
Attorney: Dani Peden
Result: Dani’s client faced charges of felony drug possession and gross misdemeanor DWI after a serious traffic accident. Dani’s client also had a significant criminal history and was facing a mandatory prison sentence. With Dani’s client’s proactive steps in completing treatment, attending AA, and obtaining numerous character letters from family and friends, they were able to avoid serving prison time while being placed on probation for 4 years with only limited conditions.
Date: November 2021
Case: Underage Drinking and Driving and 5th Degree Controlled Substance
Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s juvenile client was pulled over for a DWI and then drugs were found in her car. She faced charges of Underage Drinking and Driving and Fifth Degree Controlled Substance Possession. Nicole’s client made a tremendous effort in treatment and completed other proactive steps. Through her client’s efforts, Nicole was able to negotiate a resolution where the Underage Drinking and Driving charge was dismissed, and the judge stayed adjudication on the drug charge but placed her client on probation for 1 day. All charges were dismissed.
Date: November 2021
Case: Fifth Degree Controlled Substance
Attorney: Mike Brandt
Result: Mike was retained to help a client fight a gross misdemeanor charge of fifth degree controlled substance. Mike was able to negotiate a resolution in which the client received a stay of adjudication on the controlled substance charge. Mike’s client was placed on unsupervised probation for one year and upon successful completion of probation, the case will be dismissed.
Date: October 2021
Case: Felony Possession of Controlled Substance
Attorney: Dani Peden
Result: Dani’s client was caught with a fraudulent prescription and faced a felony charge of possession of a Schedule III controlled substance. With the client’s proactive steps, Dani was able to negotiate with the prosecutor to get her client in a diversion program. This means that once her client completes two years of probation and follows the conditions successfully, the felony charge will be dismissed, and they will avoid a felony conviction on their record.
Date: October 2021
Case: 5th Degree Controlled Substance & Fleeing
Attorney: Mike Brandt
Result: Mike was retained to help a client fight 5th degree controlled substance and felony fleeing charges. The fleeing charge would have caused Mike’s client to lose his license for a year and potentially have a felony conviction. Mike was able to negotiate a resolution were his client plead guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of legal process and the fleeing charge, but Mike’s client received a stay of adjudication on the fleeing charge. This resolution helped the client to avoid any jail time, and it saved the client’s license.
Date: September 2021
Case: Gun Rights
Attorney: Dani Peden
Result: Dani’s client was originally convicted of fifth degree controlled substance possession in Hennepin County for an incident from over 10 years ago. Due to the nature of the crime, her client was denied the ability to purchase a firearm for their lifetime. Dani and her client worked together to petition the court to restore his rights to possess a firearm, seeking help from his family for support. After filing the proper paperwork and arguing the client’s reasons for wanting to possess firearms, the Court granted their petition. Now, her client will have the opportunity to pick up his hobby of competitive shooting again and pass the sport along to his children.
Date: August 2021
Case: 5th Degree Controlled Substance
Attorney: Mike Brandt
Result: Mike Brandt’s client was charged with a felony 5th Degree drug charge based upon a quantity of marijuana that was found in his client’s vehicle during a traffic stop. After reviewing the evidence, Mike filed a motion to dismiss the charges based upon illegal conduct by the police. Based upon this motion, the prosecutor agreed to amend the charge to one of a petty misdemeanor possession of a small amount of marijuana. Mike’s client paid a $50 fine and was not subject to probation or any other conditions.
Date: August 2021
Case: First-Degree Controlled Substance Sale
Attorney: Mike Brandt
Result: Mike was retained to assist a client charged with First-Degree Controlled Substance in Douglas County. Based upon his client’s record, Mike’s client was looking at a sentence of 75 months in prison. However, based upon legal issues that Mike raised and the steps Mike’s client took to rehabilitate himself, Mike was able to negotiate a downward dispositional departure and his client was able to avoid prison time. Instead of prison, the client was placed on probation for 10 years.
In addition to this charge, Mike was also successful in getting his client discharged from probation on 2 felonies and also succeeded in persuading a prosecutor to dismiss another drug case based upon his client’s plea to the First Degree charge.
Date: July 2021
Case: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Attorney: Nicole A. Kettwick
Result: Nicole’s client was charged with Petty Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia after items were found in the car she was riding as a passenger in. Nicole requested a hearing to fight this charge. Nicole negotiated with the prosecutor and he agreed to a disposition called a continuance for dismissal. They entered this agreement on the record to the Court at Nicole’s client’s arraignment hearing and the Court accepted it. If Nicole’s client complies with the conditions of the agreement, after 1 year the charges will be automatically dismissed. Nicole accomplished her client’s goals of keeping a conviction of a drug-related offense off her record and avoiding the admission of any wrongdoing.
