Category: Case Lawyer

Donald Trump’s valet charged in the classified documents case had his arrangement on Tuesday delayed for a second time to July by a magistrate judge, after he was forced to abandon his choice of top Florida lawyer over a dispute about legal fees, according to two people familiar with the matter. The valet, Walt Nauta, appeared alongside Trump when the former president pleaded not guilty to 37 criminal charges in federal district court in Miami this month but could not himself enter a plea – a necessary step to start trial preparation – because he lacked local counsel.Two weeks later, Nauta remains without a lawyer admitted to practice in the southern district of Florida after the person at the top of the shortlist drawn up by Nauta’s defense team decided he needed to charge higher fees to represent him the night before the arrangement, the people said.…

It’s no secret that Ripple Labs Inc., the company behind the prominent cryptocurrency XRP, is caught up in two legal maelstroms that could define its future. The first case involves the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which accuses Ripple of an unlawful sale of XRP tokens, perceived as unregistered securities. The second is a class-action lawsuit (originally filed in 2018) by an aggrieved investor, Bradley Sostack, arguing that XRP is a security and should have been registered under relevant laws. Interestingly, yesterday (6 July 2023), John Deaton, a prominent highly-respected attorney closely monitoring the US SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple, shed light on the unexpected legal intricacies binding these two cases.…

“Did Lisa kill Mitchell Bondurant in The Lincoln Lawyer?” might be the question on my fans’ minds who’ve already made their way through season 2 part 1. In season 1 viewers were left wondering whether Trevor Elliott was truly guilty of killing his wife and her lover and in The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 the question of guilt and innocence is every bit as twisty. After forming a connection with chef Lisa Trammell, attorney Mickey Haller ends up representing her as she faces a charge for the murder of property developer Mitchell Bondurant. As season 2 part 1 went on fans might well have started to form their own conclusions about whether Lisa is committed to the crime or not.…

The lawyer for Donald Trump’s valet, under scrutiny in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation, has submitted court papers describing a meeting at which a top federal prosecutor brought up his application to be a judge when they tried to gain the valet’s cooperation last year , according to three people familiar with the matter. The allegation, described in a letter filed under seal with the chief US judge in Washington, James Boasberg, could affect the investigation just as prosecutors are considering whether to bring charges.Even though prosecutors have no control over the success of judicial applications, the fact that it was raised in the context of trying to persuade a lawyer for a witness to recommend cooperation could give the appearance of coercion in one of the justice department’s most high-profile cases.…

Within 24 hours of having been advised that he had been indicted by a federal grand jury, former President Donald Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that he was getting a new lawyer to defend him against special counsel Jack Smith and the US government.Trump’s efforts to revamp his legal team are about as futile as rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic as long as his lawyers cannot defend Trump from … himself.We’ve seen this before, with Trump’s penchant for changing legal counsel seems at the drop of a hat throughout his ongoing legal troubles.…

WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for The Lincoln Lawyer season 2, part 1!The Lincoln Lawyer season 2, part 1 sets up Mickey Haller’s difficult case as he defends Lisa Trammell, but the climactic mid-season ending creates far more questions than it provides answers. Based on Michael Connelly’s book series of the same name, the cast and characters of Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer are led by defense attorney Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), who is infamous for operating out of his Lincoln Town Car. The Netflix series takes its name from the first book in the Mickey Haller series, but the TV adaptation has chosen to adapt Connelly’s books out of order, with season 1 focusing on The Brass Verdict and season 2 telling the story of The Fifth Witness.…

The case against Trump revolves around his alleged hoarding of highly classified national security documents at his private residence, and then obstructing efforts by federal officials to reclaim them. To make its case, the government is likely going to have to share key aspects of those documents with Trump and his legal team. Some may also be declassified and publicly revealed as part of the prosecution, although the Justice Department has not signaled any immediate intention to do so.Cannon ordered the attorneys to file a “notice of compliance” by June 20, a relatively rapid pace. Both Trump and Nauta are looking to fill out their legal teams in the coming days.…

Donald Trump is expected to be represented at his first court appearance to face federal criminal charges for retaining national security materials and obstruction of justice by two of his existing lawyers, despite trying to recruit a local Florida lawyer willing to join his legal defense team. The lawyers making an appearance with Trump on Tuesday will be the top former federal prosecutor Todd Blanche and the former Florida solicitor general Chris Kise, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump’s co-defendant, his valet Walt Nauta, will be represented by Stanley Woodward.Trump and his legal team spent the afternoon before his arrangement interviewing potential lawyers but the interviews did not result in any joining the team in time for Trump’s initial court appearance scheduled for 3pm ET on Tuesday after several attorneys declined to take him as a client.…