Charges: 5th Degree Assault – Misdemeanor
Resolution:
Stay of Adjudication to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct. The North Star team was retained a week before the trial. After getting the trial continued – over the State’s objection – the firm immediately began utilizing its relationships with the local prosecutor’s office and leveraged the self-defense claim (albeit, not a strong one) into such a crucial outcome for the client. Because this will never be a conviction, the client can continue pursuing her social services career and will not have a bad night, after bar-close fight hold her back.