Victories

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CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE.


Featured Case Story:

Fighting to free an innocent man

Werner Rummer has spent almost 30 years in prison for a murder he says he didn’t commit. After reviewing his case, we agreed, and began working to get him released. We haven’t won yet, but we are making progress, and we won’t stop until he gets out. Justice demands it.

  • Case Story: Securing a Client’s Early Release from Federal Prison

    When a former client told us the Bureau of Prisons wanted to make him stay in prison longer than he was supposed to, we fought back by filing a lawsuit that paved the way for his early release.

  • Case Story: Appealing An Unjust Fourth Amendment Ruling

    When the state violated our client’s Fourth Amendment rights, we moved to hold them accountable. And two courts agreed with us—each holding that the police violated his rights. Despite this, both upheld his conviction. This injustice didn’t sit well with us, so we’ve been fighting for his freedom ever since.

  • Case Story: Saving a Client from North Dakota's Most Serious Felony

    When our client’s daughter made horrific sexual allegations against him, he vehemently denied any wrongdoing and vowed to fight to clear his name. With our help, he did.

  • Case Story: Leniency For A Teenage Driver Charged With Reckless Driving

    When our client fell asleep while driving and caused a fatal crash, we fought to show that there was more to what happened than it seemed at first blush.

  • Case Story: Winning a Federal Felon in Possession Charge

    Our client’s house caught fire, and when firefighters arrived, they acted like cops instead of firefighters, so we challenged the legality of their conduct. We won and the illegal guns found in the house were suppressed.

  • Case Story: Winning the first federal illegal reentry case of its kind

    We were one of the first law firms in the country to take a Supreme Court immigration ruling and apply it to a criminal case – and win.

  • Case Story: A Rare DWI Dismissal

    When police entered our client’s garage without a warrant, we knew their conduct violated the Fourth Amendment, so we challenged it and got our client’s DWI charge dismissed.

  • Case Story: Setting An Innocent Indigenous Woman Free

    After the tragic loss of her child to SIDS, a grieving mother named Cassandra Black Elk was charged and convicted of harming her own baby. But there was one problem—she didn’t do anything wrong. Read how we got her conviction overturned.

  • Case Story: Defending a Teacher charged with Gross Misdemeanor Harassment of a student

    When a high school teacher from northern Minnesota was accused of inappropriate conduct with a student, we successfully got the charges dismissed by convincing the judge that his conduct, while perhaps odd, wasn’t criminal.

  • Case Story: Stopping A Rural Prosecutor Against Overreach

    When a rural Minnesota prosecutor took an expansive view of criminal liability related to a person having guns in their home, we stood up against this overreach and successfully defended our client and his 2nd Amendment rights.

  • Case Story: Winning On One of The Most Difficult Federal Statutes

    When something is difficult and the chances of success are slim, most people give up. This is usually the case when it comes to making challenges against the Government. This case deals with a complicated federal statute - 21 U.S.C. § 851 - which is notoriously difficult to win on. But we did it, and here’s how.

  • Case Story: A Tragic Accident Turned Manslaughter Trial

    After a gun misfired and resulted in a tragic death, our client was charged with murder and manslaughter. But no matter how tragic an accident is, our criminal justice system can't be used as a tool for retribution when the evidence proves the act wasn't criminal. So we took this case all the way to trial and proved our client's innocence.

  • Case Story: Preventing An Unjust Fraud Conviction

    When our client came to us, she was charged with felony fraud and facing years in prison. All because she was the victim of a hacker. We worked hard to make sure this unjust charge was dismissed so her future could remain intact.

  • Case Story: Fighting for Release During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    We were one of the first law firms in the country to get a client released from jail because of the risk posed by COVID-19. How’d we do it? By filing multiple motions, attending numerous hearings, and never giving up.

  • Case Story: Winning a Federal Drug Case

    We got 65 pounds of drugs suppressed and saved our client nearly two decades in prison by reviewing the evidence carefully, identifying a questionable traffic stop, and challenging it.

    It was one of the largest amounts of drugs suppressed in recent North Dakota history.

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