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Significant Trials and Cases |
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The
firm represented Snowden Construction in this case
brought by the developer of a subdivision in Monclova
Township, Ohio. The developer sued Snowden, which had
done the underground waste and water system work and the
road construction, for alleged delay in completion of
the project. The developer claimed the delay led to
losses of several hundred thousand dollars. Following a
jury trial, the plaintiff was awarded approximately 1.5%
of the damages it sought but Snowden prevailed
completely on its counterclaim for unpaid fees,
receiving an award many multiples of the amount
recovered by the plaintiff.
– Rick and Steve defended a stock broker accused fraud
and theft in connection with a Ponzi-type scheme
involving some $40 million in investor funds. Faced with
a detailed trail of evidence and open admissions by the
defendant, Steve negotiated an extremely attractive plea
bargain and convinced the sentencing court to impose a
sentence resulting in less than four years imprisonment.
. – Then
Executive Director of the Lucas County Republican Party
Joanne Wack filed suit (as a taxpayer) against the City
and every Democrat on City Council, alleging illegal
action by members of Council through violations of the
Ohio’s Sunshine Law. Steve was hired to represent one of
the members of Council, and worked with co-counsel Rick
Brunner of Columbus, who represented the rest of them.
Steve and Brunner scheduled a quick deposition of the
plaintiff, and there they took turns wringing out of the
plaintiff the meritless nature, and political
motivation, of the lawsuit. The deposition was so
devastating for the plaintiff that she dismissed her
case the next day and never re-filed.
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The Plaintiff claimed fraud against our client in
connection with the sale of multiple franchised
restaurants in northwestern Ohio. The case was tried to
a jury in federal court and Steve won a defense verdict
on all claims.
–At the request of the Chief Judge of the federal
court Steve represented Marwan El Hindi, a man accused
of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
It was a complex and extremely high profile case. The
case took over three years and the trial in federal
court that lasted over three months. Our client was
convicted on conspiracy charges, but the judge was
convinced at sentencing to treat the case for what it
really was, and the client received a sentence of 12
years despite the government aggressively seeking life
in prison. At the time of this writing the appeal was
pending.
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Our client was charged with aggravated robbery and
felonious assault in connection with a shooting that
left the victim paralyzed from the waste down. He was
identified by the victim as being the only shooter. The
defense focused on the multiple drugs in the victims
system at the time of the identification and the lack of
follow up investigation by the police. Trial in state
court concluded when the jury returned verdicts of not
guilty as to all counts. |
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