When I was a boy, our family left everything in Ghaddafi’s Libya for a brighter future in a foreign country we never knew. My extended family remained in Libya. I was one of the lucky ones. I was loved. I was given opportunity. Freedoms were always a topic of discussion around our kitchen table. I can think of no higher calling than to represent real people against a government that is determined to cage them and destroy their families. I felt that way over 20 years ago when I became a state and federal public defender, and I still feel that way now as I partner up with Murali and Dailey.
If there were words to describe my approach to criminal defense, I would choose Eugene V. Debs’, “[w]hile there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
All my clients have an untold story. A story that is ignored, unheard, and forgotten. My job is dedicated to listening to my clients’ stories, breathing life into them and speaking their truth so everyone will remember who my clients really are.
My clients are not defendants. My clients are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, neighbors, community members, sons and daughters. My clients are not prosecution case numbers, they are real human beings, and they will be treated as such. My parents and brothers left an authoritative regime in search of freedom in this country. I know how a government can uproot lives. I have felt it. If the prosecution is coming for you, know that you’ll never walk alone. They will have to come through me first.
I pride myself on fighting for my clients in jury trials. I have handled everything from OWI’s to death penalty cases and even represented alleged enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I have tried over eighty state and federal jury trials and consulted on hundreds of homicides.
My federal trial experience includes multiple acquittals and hung juries, reflecting a relentless commitment to protecting my clients’ rights when the stakes are highest.
I am honored to have been selected as a faculty member of the prestigious Trial Lawyers College, where I teach other criminal defense attorneys around the country the art of trial advocacy. I will personally represent you in all aspects of your case. You will have every day of my experience from the moment I begin representing you.
I’d be honored to represent you in all state and federal criminal matters, but if you don’t choose me, choose your criminal defense attorney as if your future depends on it. Results matter.
Client charged with Felony Physical Abuse of Child and Victim Intimidation. Jury trial not guilty all counts.
Client charged with felony counts of failure to pay child support. Entire case dismissed with prejudice after filing motion attacking jurisdiction of underlying family court order.
Client charged with Felony Physical Abuse of Child and Victim Intimidation. Jury trial not guilty all counts.
State v. KK 22CF795-KK charged with threatening Dane County Sheriff Deputy while in custody. Case dismissed by State after set or jury trial
State v. KK 22CF2334-KK(mother) accused of negligently exposing her child to fentanyl causing death. Jury Trial Not Guilty
People v JE SCD218123-JE charged with attempting to obtain Oxycodone with fraudulent prescription at pharmacy and carrying a loaded firearm in his vehicle. Hung Jury/Mistrial-Reliance on Lawful Authority.
