C&P Sues Warner Bros on Behalf of "Sorting Hat" Voice Actor Marc Silk
Yesterday, Clinton & Peed filed a complaint in federal court in California against Warner Bros on behalf of British voice actor Marc Silk and his company, The Production Pit Limited. The complaint alleges that (with the permission of Warner Bros and J.K. Rowling) Mr. Silk created recordings of certain performances in which he portrayed the talking “Sorting Hat” of the Harry Potter universe. Mr. Silk granted permission for these recordings to be used only in connection with a particular plush animatronic “Sorting Hat” toy.
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2024 Washington, DC Super Lawyers Selects Tim Clinton for Inclusion for 9th Straight Year
For the ninth year in a row, Washington DC SuperLawyers Magazine has selected founding partner Tim Clinton to its list of "Super Lawyers." Clinton and partner Matt Peed were first selected for inclusion in the list of "Rising Stars" for 2014 and 2015; and partner Alec Rosenberg was selected for inclusion in the “SuperLawyers” lists of 2014 and 2015, before Clinton was first named to the “SuperLawyers” list in 2016.
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C&P Files Amicus Brief Endorsing Speedy Trial Date for President Trump Jan. 6 Case
Earlier today, Clinton & Peed filed an amicus brief as local counsel for nearly a dozen former judges and senior legal officials in support of the government’s proposed trial date and schedule in the criminal case against Donald Trump pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia alleging criminal interference in the 2020 election. The brief opposes the attempt by former President Trump’s legal team to postpone the trial until after the election.
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D.C. Circuit Affirms Dismissal of All Charges Against C&P Client Former State Department Foreign Service Officer
In yet another victory for our client, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the dismissal of an indictment against C&P client Paul Guertin, a decorated former Foreign Service Officer.
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2023 Washington, DC Super Lawyers Selects Tim Clinton for Inclusion
For eight years running, Washington DC SuperLawyers Magazine has selected founding partner Tim Clinton to its list of "Super Lawyers." Clinton and partner Matt Peed were first selected for inclusion in the list of "Rising Stars" for 2014 and 2015; and partner Alec Rosenberg was selected for inclusion in the “SuperLawyers” lists of 2014 and 2015, before Clinton was first named to the “SuperLawyers” list in 2016.
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C&P Secures Verdict Worth $2.7 Million for Estate of South Carolina Lawyer
After a one-day jury trial in the Eastern District of Virginia before Judge Leonie Brinkema, Clinton & Peed has a secured a judgment worth up to $2.7 million for the estate of John (“Jack”) C. West, Jr., a South Carolina lawyer who represented the individuals taken and held hostage from the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, during the period from November 1979 through January 1981.
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C&P Attorney Susan Simpson's Investigation Results in the Release of Fifth Wrongfully Convicted Man
Clinton & Peed Of Counsel Susan Simpson’s investigative work has now resulted in the release of a fifth wrongfully convicted man from prison. Back in October 2020, we posted the New York Times profile of Simpson and the sixth season of her podcast Undisclosed. This is an update to that story. After more than two decades in prison, retired Marine and former police officer Jeff Titus—the subject of Undisclosed’s sixth season—was been released from prison earlier this morning.
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C&P Secures Appellate Reversal from D.C. Court of Appeals in Commercial Lease Case
The D.C. Court of Appeals granted the appeal filed by Clinton & Peed, reversing the trial court’s decision dismissing its client’s claims on summary judgment. In its ruling for U Hall, the Court adopted the most tenant-favorable argument, announcing new law that should help future commercial tenants facing similar problems. Specifically, the “court[] adopt[ed] a more liberal view, as U Hall ask[ed] [it] to do, invoking equitable principles to enforce options whose prices are to be fixed at a later date.” Under this view, “when a lease contains an option provision that leaves the rental price for the option year(s) to be agreed upon at a later date, a court can infer that the parties would have agreed on a reasonable rental price for each option term.”
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Susan Simpson's Podcast Proof Credited with the Release of Two Wrongfully Convicted Georgia Men after 25 Years in Prison
In its first season, our colleague Susan Simpson’s newest podcast Proof has been credited with securing the release of two wrongfully convicted Georgia men after 25 years in prison.
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Tim Clinton Selected for 2022 Washington, DC Super Lawyers
For the seventh consecutive year, Washington DC SuperLawyers Magazine has selected founding partner Tim Clinton to its list of "Super Lawyers." Before first being named to the list in 2016, Clinton and partner Matt Peed were selected for inclusion in the list of "Rising Stars" for 2014 and 2015; and partner Alec Rosenberg was selected for inclusion in the “SuperLawyers” lists of 2014 and 2015.
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C&P Headed to Trial Against Starbucks in Race Discrimination Case
On Friday March 25, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the latest attempt by Starbucks to avoid a trial on claims by C&P’s client Harold Stanley Jackson arising from an incident in April 2018 in which he claims Starbucks employees racially profiled him, falsely accused him of shoplifting, and shoved him to the ground when he refused to leave the store. Mr. Jackson was rendered unconscious and taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance.
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Christa Nicols joins Clinton & Peed as an Associate Attorney
Today we are pleased to announce that Christa Nicols has joined Clinton & Peed as an associate attorney. Before joining Clinton & Peed, Christa served a litigation counsel to a national nonprofit based in Washington, DC, where she worked directly with clients and coordinated amicus curiae filings in constitutional disputes in federal and state courts across the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States. While in her previous position, Christa led drafting efforts for a major submission to the United Nations, and testified before the D.C. Council, Baltimore County Council, and both houses of the Maryland General Assembly.
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C&P Secures Dismissal of All Charges Against Former State Department Foreign Service Officer
In a landmark ruling for the District of Columbia, District Judge Trevor McFadden has thrown out all charges against C&P client Paul Guertin, a decorated former Foreign Service Officer. The indictment alleged that Mr. Guertin withheld information on his Standard Form-86 (“SF-86”) during his periodic security clearance review process as part of his State Department employment. The government pursued an unusual and aggressive legal strategy, charging Mr. Guertin with wire fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343) on the theory that he fraudulently obtained his ongoing salary through the alleged omissions. The government also charged him with obstructing an official proceeding—his security clearance review—under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c).
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C&P Helps The Demex Group Close $9 Million Series A Equity Financing
C&P partner, Alec Rosenberg, supported The Demex Group ("Demex") in negotiating and closing its recent $9 Million Series A equity financing. Demex is an emerging insurtech company that delivers climate-resilience through financial risk solutions on a global scale. Mr. Rosenberg has served as Demex's principal legal advisor since its inception, when he advised Founder and CEO, Ed Byrns, in orchestrating the coordinated spinoff, team building, and seed financing transactions through which the company was created.
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Greg Lipper Presents D.C. Bar CLE on Defending Reputations and Speech
Earlier this week, partner Greg Lipper, along with Mara Gassman of Ballard Spahr LLP and Joseph Meadows of Gordon Rees Scully, Mansukhani LLP, presented a CLE Webinar through the D.C. Bar entitled “Defending Reputations and Speech in the Age of Social Media.”
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Greg Lipper Quoted in CNN Coverage of Trump Executive Privilege Lawsuit
Partner Greg Lipper is quoted by CNN in an article on former President Trump’s recent attempt to block the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and the National Archives by claiming executive privilege. In the article, Greg addresses some distinctions between the recent effort to block House subpoenas and the Supreme Court’s ruling on the House’s 2019 subpoena for Trump’s tax records from Mazars USA.
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C&P Expands its Local Counsel Practice
In recent years, out-of-town law firms have increasingly looked to Clinton & Peed for local counsel before the federal courts of the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Columbia, as well as the District of Columbia’s Superior Court and Court of Appeals.
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Tim Clinton Selected for 2021 Washington, DC Super Lawyers
For the sixth consecutive year, Washington DC SuperLawyers Magazine has selected founding partner Tim Clinton to its list of "Super Lawyers." Before first being named to the list in 2016, Clinton and partner Matt Peed were selected for inclusion in the list of "Rising Stars" for 2014 and 2015; partner Greg Lipper was selected for inclusion in the “Rising Stars” list in 2013; and partner Alec Rosenberg was selected for inclusion in the “SuperLawyers” lists of 2014 and 2015.
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C&P Defeats Motion for Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice Case Over Medical Procedure Performed 16 Years Ago
In an important preliminary victory for our client Sarah Ramey—who was seriously injured in a botched urologic procedure performed in 2003—D.C. Superior Court Judge Shana Frost Matini has issued a 16-page opinion denying summary judgment on the medical malpractice claims that Ms. Ramey filed sixteen years after the procedure.
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C&P Wins Fourth Amendment Appeal
Yesterday, Clinton & Peed’s Greg Lipper secured an appellate victory before the D.C. Court of Appeals reversing the four-year drug conviction of a client (whom we did not represent at trial) based upon Fourth Amendment grounds.
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