NO CHARGES
A coalition of various federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service, without advance notice, raided a major international manufacturing company after a disgruntled employee made claims of fraudulent activity within the manufacturing process. Truckloads of material and digital evidence were collected and seized by the investigating agencies.
NOT GUILTY
Law enforcement officer was charged with Rape and kidnapping in the Summit County Court of Common Pleas. The State of Ohio alleged that while working a secondary security detail, the Defendant sexually assaulted and kidnapped the accuser in an unmarked police vehicle. At the jury trial, the State relied upon testimony from the accuser and cellular positional data when presenting their case.
Not Guilty
A 20-year-old college student died as a result of fatal alcohol intoxication while at a fraternity Big Little event. 8 fraternity members were charged with felonies including involuntary manslauter, reckless homicide, tampering with evidence, and several misdemanor offenses.
Convictions Reversed
A licensed physician retained Friedman Nemecek Long & Grant, L.L.C. for appellate purposes after being convicted at trial of multiple counts of Rape. Attorney Eric Nemecek appealed the convictions, arguing, inter alia, that the convictions were not supported by credible evidence and that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony from the lead detective in the case.
Convictions Reversed
Client was arrested during the raid of an acquaintance's house in March 2014 and later convicted of multiple drug trafficking charges, the most serious of which included cocaine and heroin. Attorney Ian Friedman brought the appeal of these convictions to the Court of Appeals of Ohio.
Not Gulity
Forty seven year old government employee was indicted for Possession of Heroin and Trafficking in Heroin after a police task force consisting of two local police departments and one federal agency sifted through her trash and executed a warrant for the search of her residence. It was alleged that ten (10) packets of heroin were located in the trash.
Penalties Significantly Reduced
The client was arrested and charged with Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Murder and related offenses. Through extensive pretrial investigation, the attorneys at Friedman Nemecek Long & Grant, L.L.C. obtained evidence that contradicted the State's theory of the case with respect to the client's involvement in the Conspiracy and Murder.
Client Released from Jail
The law firm was hired after the client had been convicted at a bench trial of raping a minor which carried a mandatory life sentence. The defense team crafted a Motion For New Trial raising numerous legal and factual issues. The trial judge recused himself and the matter was randomly assigned to another judge on the Common Pleas bench.
Case Dismissed
Ohio school teacher learned that she was unable to keep her State license to teach due to the fact that she had entered a plea to the charge of assault approximately ten (10) years earlier. The defense made a challenge to the Constitutionality of the plea in its Motion to Vacate the Plea and dismiss the case. The Court granted said motion and the State dismissed the case.
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