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Ian Wallach welcomes Jane Velez Mitchell, the host of the Jane Velez Mitchell show airing daily on HLN.  She is a frequent contributor to CNN, an award-winning journalist, and author of the New York Times bestseller, “Exposed, The Secret Life of Jody Arias.”  And to better understand the implementation of the death...

Dontre Hamilton was sleeping in a public public park in front of City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Starbucks' employees called the police, who interviewed Mr. Hamilton, determined that he was not a threat and had a lawful right to be present, and left.  Minutes later, a foot patrol officer came to the...

Wednesday, May 7, 2014 -- Ian Wallach retained as civil rights lawyer to family of Dontre Hamilton, victim killed in Milwaukee's Red Arrow Park shooting.  

Our client was accused of attempting to break into a building, of threatening the tenants, and of dissuading them from calling the police.  The client was charged with violations of Penal Code Sections 136.1 and 422, both of which are strikes, and a misdemeanor charge of breaking a window.  The client was...

Ian Wallach's client faced 21 years of potential incarceration. Certain exculpatory evidence (including a recorded statement from the victim identifying the armed assailant in clothes worn by someone else that was arrested with the client but not charged) was produced extremely late (three court days prior to trial). The client's version of...

Ian Wallach's client was charged with Felon In Possession Of A Firearm. The evidence included an alleged statement leading to the discovery of a weapon during the Officer's execution of lawful search warrant. A suppression motion took place. The Detective from Hawthorne admirably acknowledged that the alleged statement was made while the...

Mr. Wallach's motion to suppress evidence was granted today in the LAX courthouse. Mr. Wallach's client was charged with possession of a concealed weapon (Pen. Code Section 21310). Settlement discussions had not proved fruitful and the matter was proceeding to trial. The client testified during this suppression motion (which is unusual) and...

In a case where Mr. Wallach's client was charged with Domestic Violence (PC Section 273.5) and Violating a Court Order (PC Section 166), the Complaining Witness alleged that she was beaten.  During Cross-Examination, Mr. Wallach elicited numerous inconsistencies between her testimony and her prior statements, a strong motive for being untruthful, and...

Client was originally charged with one felony count of assault on an officer. Following the preliminary hearing, the Court granted F&W's motion to reduce the matter to a misdemeanor. A suppression motion by F&W was subsequently granted, removing most of the evidence against F&W's client. On the day the jury was to...

In their class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs sued on behalf of three subclasses of former and current inmates who contracted valley fever, including African Americans, people aged 55 and older, and people who have a compromised immune system. To be eligible to join the class action lawsuit, class members must have been...