The O'Donnell Law Firm

Acquitted:

An Ohio couple stole millions of Dollars from several victims throughout the country. Two investors from California and two investors from Arizona tracked down the couple living an Exotic lifestyle in Miami. The Investors hired two armed bodyguards to assist in their collection of their funds and took the Nanny and two infants from their house and drove them to the Pizzeria the Mother was running. The Ohio woman was taken from the Pizzeria by force and the Nanny, two children and their mother were held for 9 hours at 3 different holding locations while the investors sent ransom

Acquitted:

The son of Two Boston lawyers flew to Miami to visit his Boston childhood best friend. After a night out of partying, his host’s gun went off, striking him in the middle of the chest and killing him. The deceased’s Prominent Miami Doctor’s father hired the retired former second in command of the State’s Attorney’s Office to pressure the office to bring first degree murder charges. They brought manslaughter charges that would result in a minimum 15-year sentence if convicted. After a 1-week trial our client was acquitted of the charges and is now living back in Boston.

Hung Jury:

The Federal Government Charged our client with Conspiracy to commit Wire Fraud and five counts of Wire Fraud in an elaborate scheme where the victims were told the IRS had large penalties against them requiring them to deposit large sums of cash into our client’s bank accounts in their home states resulting in over one million dollars in losses. Treasury investigators visited our client to discuss the money deposited into his accounts; they claimed our client confessed to two different agents that he had committed this crime. The Jury was unable to reach a verdict after our defense that

Case Dismissed:

A Federal Prosecutor was arrested for Battering a City of Miami Police officer in Wynwood at 3am. After our own investigation was presented to the State’s Attorney’s Office, we were able to show our client believed a man was in danger as he was being harmed by several men who turned out to be police officers making an arrest. The State declined to press charges against our client.

Charges Dropped, No Felony Conviction:

A Lawyer was charged with Two counts of Felony DUI with Serious Bodily Injury, possession of Cocaine and Four counts of Misdemeanor DUI after his car went into oncoming traffic at a high rate of speed and hit a car head on with a mother and daughter in it. They required several surgeries. The client was also taken to the hospital where he thought he was in a different county; his blood was taken by the hospital and through force after a Search Warrant was executed showing he had a blood alcohol level two times the legal limit, cocaine

General Contractor and Boat Captain Acquitted of Manslaughter after Throwing Drunken Unruly Passenger Overboard:

Boat Captain Acquitted A boat captain was acquitted after the passenger he threw overboard failed to get onto a neighboring boat. When both boat captains realized the passenger wasn’t on either of their boats an intense search ensued with several law enforcement agencies. The passenger was found floating dead in Biscayne Bay two days later.

Charges Dropped, No Felony Conviction:

A Married couple with a successful international electronics business was accused of being involved with Human Smuggling into the United States and using its electronics business to launder the proceeds. The State’s Attorney held a Press Conference Displaying the couple and the many allegations against them. Their home was raided in the early morning hours by car, truck, boat and helicopter. After cross examining the lead agent in a parallel Forfeiture Proceeding where the Judge noted he believed the Agent committed perjury, the State Agreed to drop 5 Charges and our client pled to one count of Operating a

Charges Dropped, No Felony Conviction:

A Parking garage and Car Booting executive was charged with defrauding the City by lying about the number of cars booted daily which resulted in the city not receiving it’s fair portion of per car Booting. Search Warrants were served on our client’s office and home where ledgers seized showed the true number of cars Booted and the much lower number reported to the City. The State’s Attorney held a press conference outlining the alleged scheme. After the State offered a final plea agreement of several years in Prison, we presented a power point to the prosecutors demonstrating the

Charges dropped:

The Coast Guard Captain served Out of Town Yacht owners and their Captain a Captain of the Port Order requiring them to stop doing Boat Charters. The Captain was charged with several Misdemeanor criminal and civil violations. All the Charges were dismissed in court. After several meetings at the Coast Guard Headquarters the Order was rescinded.