by Derek | Jun 7, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Defense
Contact Us! Just two years ago, the Legislature created a program to help non-violent offenders with drug and mental health issues enter treatment and receive probation rather than lengthy prison terms. The program is called the Mental Health Sentencing Alternative...
by Derek | Mar 24, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Defense
Contact Us! The client had come to us after being charged with a handful of felonies and misdemeanors, the most serious of which was a charge of Leading Organized Crime, which is our state’s analogue to the Federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...
by Derek | Mar 1, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Defense
Contact Us! We recently won a dismissal in a Snohomish County case involving a client charged with theft from a local store. The store manager had observed the suspect selecting a lot of merchandise, and concealing it. The manager called the police, who caught and...
by Derek | Jan 17, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Defense
Contact Us! If you’ve been following the news recently, you’ll know that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic these days. AI means a demonstration of intelligence by a machine that is programmed to understand, infer and synthesize information. We are seeing...
by Derek | Jan 5, 2023 | Blog, Criminal Defense
Contact Us! Nijeer Parks.Robert Williams.Michael Oliver. These are the names of a few black men in America who have been wrongfully arrested due to the police use of facial recognition software that mistakenly identified these people as suspects in crime. Now, add to...
by Derek | Nov 22, 2022 | Blog, Criminal Defense
Contact Us! Recently, I attended a seminar which focused on the immigration challenges for an American citizen to enter Canada after a criminal conviction. It reminded me of how complicated the intersection of three major areas of law can get – Washington State...
