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Watch now: Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney argues self-defense at preliminary hearing | Crime

The detective testified that Rosenbaum was chasing Rittenhouse before he was shot. After that shooting, he said, Rittenhouse was running away and fell to the ground, shooting Huber after Huber hit Rittenhouse with a skateboard. Another man, who was seen on video trying to kick Rittenhouse, was never identified, Antaramian testified.

“The state is trying to put forward a one-sided view of what happened, protecting someone who does not deserve protection, he’s a masked robber,” Richards said of Rosenbaum.
Kyle Rittenhouse hearing screenshot

This screenshot shows Kenosha County Circuit Court Commissioner Loren Keating, defendant Kyle Rittenhouse and attorneys in the case during a preliminary hearing Dec. 3. 




Probable cause a felony occurred

The purpose of a preliminary hearing is to establish that there is probable cause that a felony was committed and to bind someone over for trial. Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said the evidence is clear that Rittenhouse

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Controversial Rittenhouse lawyer may not join trial defense in Wisconsin



a screen shot of a man: John Pierce, attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse, talking about the case on Fox News

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John Pierce, attorney for Kyle Rittenhouse, talking about the case on Fox News

A California lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse should not be granted permission to practice in Wisconsin because of several ethical concerns, Kenosha prosecutors say.

In a brief, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger has sharpened his office’s objections to John Pierce — a civil litigator from Los Angeles who has been directing a media blitz for Rittenhouse — being part of the criminal defense team on the teen’s homicides case.

Meanwhile, Pierce announced Thursday that he has taken over all civil representation of Rittenhouse, including potential defamation actions, as well as the efforts to raise more money for his defense, and apparently abdicating any role at the criminal trial in Kenosha.

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David Boies just outlined a leadership shuffle at his elite litigation firm after a top lawyer overseeing a big restructuring jumped ship

Nicholas Gravante joined Boies Schiller Flexner in 2000

Boies Schiller Flexner

  • Nicholas Gravante, who was overseeing a massive restructuring at litigation firm Boies Schiller, is now jumping ship.
  • He’s headed to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, a firm he knows intimately. Boies Schiller previously entertained merger talks with the firm, though they didn’t pan out. 
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Once in charge of overseeing a firm-wide restructuring and re-imagining of Boies Schiller following a series of high-profile exits, attorney Nicholas Gravante has decided to exit himself and is joining the law firm of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft.

The news, which The Wall Street Journal first reported on Wednesday, marks the latest sign of troubles at the firm founded by the prominent trial lawyer, David Boies.

Boies Schiller staffed 350 lawyers at its peak and has experienced dozens of partner departures this year. Today the firm lists 207 attorneys

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‘A beacon of hope’: Civil rights lawyer named partner in Koskoff firm

BRIDGEPORT — A longtime advocate of civil justice has been made a partner in the prominent city law firm Koskoff & Bieder.

Preston C. Tisdale, of Trumbull, who has represented minorities in the community for more than 40 years, becomes the firm’s first Black partner.

Tisdale previously said he was influenced by his mother, Loyse Gilliam Tisdale, Bridgeport’s first Black legal secretary and co-creator of Action for Bridgeport Community Development.

“The Koskoff firm that has been a beacon of hope to many people who have suffered serious injuries or harm from medical malpractice, constitutional rights violations and much more,” Tisdale said. “It is an honor to be named a partner.”

The firm’s managing partner, James Horwitz, said Tisdale has many of the same qualities as their founder, Theodore Koskoff, who represented members of the Black Panther organization in a celebrated trial in New Haven in the 1970s.

“Preston cares deeply

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FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith seeks probation in Russia probe case

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Former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page told Good Morning America hosts that he’s never communicated with the president. Carter is the focus of a Republican memo alleging the FBI abused surveillance rules to spy on him.

WASHINGTON – Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who altered an email used to justify wiretapping a former Trump campaign aide, is asking to be spared from a prison sentence, acknowledging he had committed a crime but did not mean to mislead investigators. 

“Kevin Clinesmith made a grievous mistake. By altering a colleague’s email, he cut a corner in a job that required far better of him. He failed to live up to the FBI’s and his own high standards of conduct,” his attorneys said in a 48-page sentencing memorandum filed Thursday.

Clinesmith’s attorneys are asking a federal judge to sentence him to probation.

Clinesmith, who worked for the FBI for four years, pleaded

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Ex-FBI lawyer who altered Russia probe email seeks probation

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI lawyer who pleaded guilty to altering an email during the Donald Trump-Russia investigation “made a grievous mistake” but should be spared prison time and given probation instead, his attorneys said in a sentencing memorandum Thursday.

admitted in August to having altered an email used in support of an FBI application to monitor the communications of a former Trump campaign aide, . Clinesmith’s lawyers said that although he believed the information he wrote was accurate, he knowingly doctored the email by stating that Page was “not a source” for the CIA.

“By altering a colleague’s email, he cut a corner in a job that required far better of him. He failed to live up to the FBI’s and his own high standards of conduct,” his lawyers wrote. “And he committed a crime.”

They said it was “an aberration in a life otherwise characterized by hard

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Morelli Law Firm

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Benedict Morelli and his team of experienced litigators have done it all. From auto and truck accidents, to construction injuries, to complex employment discrimination, they are prepared to handle a wide variety of cases. But, experience is just half of the story. Since founding the firm, Mr. Morelli and team have also racked up an impressive list of jury verdicts and settlements that stand out in the industry. In fact, they have delivered more than a billion dollars on behalf of their clients.

Impressive firm results include a $95M jury verdict in a sexual harassment case involving Aaron’s Inc., as well as a $62M verdict for a construction worker who fell from a roof and suffered a brain injury.

One critical reason for this success is that unlike

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West Palm lawyer mistaken for viral GOP spokesman with same name; nasty emails flood inbox

WEST PALM BEACH — A local lawyer was pelted with nasty emails this week after a Panhandle lawyer with a similar name posted a controversial political video that went viral.



a man wearing a suit and tie: Bill Price, a West Palm Beach attorney, put this disclosure on his firm's website after a Panama City attorney with the same name made headlines in December 2020 for his comments about the U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January 2021.

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Bill Price, a West Palm Beach attorney, put this disclosure on his firm’s website after a Panama City attorney with the same name made headlines in December 2020 for his comments about the U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January 2021.

West Palm Beach’s William W. Price said he received the critical calls and emails after his unrelated namesake, William B. Price of Panama City, urged Florida Republicans to move to Georgia en masse to vote and assure GOP Senate victories there in January.

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The Facebook post, which he later deleted and said was a joke, drew the attention of

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Watch now: Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney argues self-defense at preliminary hearing | State and Regional News

The detective testified that Rosenbaum was chasing Rittenhouse before he was shot. After that shooting, he said, Rittenhouse was running away and fell to the ground, shooting Huber after Huber hit Rittenhouse with a skateboard. Another man, who was seen on video trying to kick Rittenhouse, was never identified, Antaramian testified.

“The state is trying to put forward a one-sided view of what happened, protecting someone who does not deserve protection, he’s a masked robber,” Richards said of Rosenbaum.
Kyle Rittenhouse hearing screenshot

This screenshot shows Kenosha County Circuit Court Commissioner Loren Keating, defendant Kyle Rittenhouse and attorneys in the case during a preliminary hearing Dec. 3. 




Probable cause a felony occurred

The purpose of a preliminary hearing is to establish that there is probable cause that a felony was committed and to bind someone over for trial. Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said the evidence is clear that Rittenhouse

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Can city workers run for office? North Miami will change rules after attorney blunder

Three government employees have resigned and a fourth has withdrawn her candidacy for Miami commission after North Miami’s city attorney realized late last month that the city code does not allow North Miami employees to run for public office.

On Wednesday, the North Miami city council voted, 5-0, in favor of amending a city ordinance to allow employees to run for office in other jurisdictions but to require them to resign once they’re elected. The measure must be approved again at the commission’s next meeting before it becomes law.

“Our code should not preclude somebody from running for office,” Councilman Scott Galvin said. “I would like to see this measure pass to allow greater participation in American democracy.”

Galvin and Vice Mayor Alix Desulme said they would prefer for the amendment to go further by allowing city employees to keep their jobs even while serving in elected office outside

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