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Emily Dahm takes on police stings targeting undocumented immigrants
Emily Dahm takes on police stings targeting undocumented immigrants
Blog, Criminal Defense, General News
Read more here: How undocumented aliens shopping on Market Street can find an inexpensive trip home
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Emily Dahm secures favorable plea deal in DUI vehicular manslaughter case
Emily Dahm secures favorable plea deal in DUI vehicular manslaughter case
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Emily Dahm was able to secure a six-month jail sentence for a client who, while driving under the influence of alcohol, hit and killed a 17-year-old girl in San Francisco. He stopped immediately, called 911,...
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Emily Dahm persuades judge to throw out wiretap evidence in gang case and gets case dismissed
Emily Dahm persuades judge to throw out wiretap evidence in gang case and gets case dismissed
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Emily Dahm represented one of nearly two dozen men arrested in Contra Costa County in the “Omega Red” wiretap operation, targeted at bringing down an alleged Norteño gang conspiracy to commit a variety of crimes....
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Emily Dahm’s cross-examination results in dismissal in “sexting” trial
Emily Dahm’s cross-examination results in dismissal in “sexting” trial
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Emily Dahm represented a 21-year-old Marine who had met a young woman online whom he believed was 18 years old. Unbeknownst to him, she was 17 and still a few months shy of her 18th...
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Jules Bonjour Honored With the Jensen Public Service Award at Boalt Hall
Jules Bonjour Honored With the Jensen Public Service Award at Boalt Hall
Blog, General News
UC Berkeley Law School recently honored alumnus, Jules Bonjour ’66, with the prestigious Judge D. Lowell and Barbara Jensen Public Service Award. The award was bestowed in recognition of Mr. Bonjour’s distinguished career as a...
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Michael Thorman Teaches Aspiring Lawyers the Art of the Closing Argument
Michael Thorman Teaches Aspiring Lawyers the Art of the Closing Argument
Blog, General News, Personal Injury
Michael Thorman has established himself as one of the top litigators in the Bay Area and in Northern California. He is also a distinguished alumnus of Stanford Law School, Class of 1974. He recently participated...
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Megan Burns Recently Sworn In on the Board of Directors for the Alameda County Bar Association
Megan Burns Recently Sworn In on the Board of Directors for the Alameda County Bar Association
Blog, General News, Personal Injury
Mirador Law values giving back to our community by being actively involved in numerous organizations, including the Alameda County Bar Association. Megan Burns was recently sworn in as a member of the Board of Directors...
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Megan Burns Wins New Trial Motion Based on Juror Misconduct
Megan Burns Wins New Trial Motion Based on Juror Misconduct
Blog, Criminal Defense, General News
San Francisco, Calif. (San Francisco Chronicle) – A man convicted of robbing three people in San Francisco last spring was granted a new trial after a Superior Court judge ruled that a juror’s statements about...
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Megan Burns Secures Not Guilty Verdicts in Robbery Caught on Video
Megan Burns Secures Not Guilty Verdicts in Robbery Caught on Video
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San Francisco, Calif. (SF Public Defender Press Release) – A borderline mentally disabled man charged with robbing an elderly woman in 2011 was acquitted after evidence showed he was confused and manipulated by police investigators’...
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Jules Bonjour Defends Woman Charged with Having Sex with Teenage Boys
Jules Bonjour Defends Woman Charged with Having Sex with Teenage Boys
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Livermore, Calif. (San Francisco Chronicle) – The 42-year-old Livermore mother accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys first made an advance at one of them when he was 14 and was dating her daughter of...
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Jury Deadlocks in Michael Thorman’s Transgender Murder Trial
Jury Deadlocks in Michael Thorman’s Transgender Murder Trial
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Three men will be tried again for first-degree murder in the slaying of transgender teen Gwen Araujo, a prosecutor announced Tuesday, after a judge declared a mistrial in a case in which activists had hoped...
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