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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreThe 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.”
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreIn 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).
Read MoreC&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.
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreYesterday, 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.
Read MorePartner Greg Lipper has been selected by Washingtonian Magazine to appear in “Washington DC’s Best Lawyers: Criminal Defense,” part of a biannual “directory of much of Washington’s top legal talent in 21 practice specialties." In a city with “a higher concentration of people with JDs than anywhere else in the country,” Greg is one of just 54 lawyers selected for the criminal-defense list—voted on by area lawyers.
Read MoreThe Irish Legal 100 has selected founding partner Tim Clinton to its list of approximately 200 honorees from around the United States for 2019. The Irish Legal 100 describes itself this way:
The Irish Legal 100, founded in 2008 by the Irish Voice newspaper in New York, is an annual compilation of the most distinguished legal professionals in the United States who share one common bond: pride in their Irish roots. . . .
Read MoreA recent story in DC-area news source WTOP quotes partner Greg Lipper in connection with a story about 41 individuals arrested in Adams Morgan for charges ranging from felony rioting to assaulting a police officer. The D.C. Superior Court appointed Mr. Lipper to represent the only person among those 41 protesters that the government elected to press charges against. That individual has been charged with misdemeanor assaulting a police officer.
Read MoreLed by partner, Alec Rosenberg, C&P was thrilled to represent The Demex Group ("Demex") and its Founder and CEO, Edward Byrns, in connection with a management-led spinoff, foundational tech transfer transactions, and a simultaneous investment from a consortium of leading venture capital firms.
Read MoreOur partner Greg Lipper is quoted in Vox.com’s explainer on Monday’s Supreme Court decision in a major church-state-separation case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. In the 5–4 decision, the Court held that under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause, Montana may not exclude religious entities from a tax-credit program that funds scholarships to private secondary schools. Greg, who filed an amicus brief on behalf of several major disability-rights organizations, explained how the decision will inevitably lead to more discrimination against and segregation of children with disabilities.
Read MoreWashington DC SuperLawyers Magazine has selected founding partner Tim Clinton to its list of "Super Lawyers" for 2020. Mr. Clinton (pictured here with his wife Desiree and their three children) was first selected to this list in 2016 and has remained on the list for five years running. Before that, he 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.
Read MoreEarlier this week Clinton & Peed filed a brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rule that the District’s Anti-SLAPP Act—a law that protects people and organizations against abusive SLAPP suits designed to harass public advocates and censor public advocacy—applies to cases brought in federal court. The amicus brief, filed in Tah v. Global Witness Publishing, Inc., was filed on behalf of eleven prominent public-interest advocacy organizations.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, March 3, Clinton & Peed filed an amicus brief on behalf of four congressional scholars telling the Supreme Court that the subpoenas for Trump’s financial records fall comfortably with the 200-year tradition of congressional investigation of the president and other high-ranking government officials.
Read MoreLate on Monday night, March 2, 2020, C&P Partner Matthew Peed had the great privilege to welcome our client David Wilson as he walked out of D.C. jail to freedom for the first time after 18 years of incarceration.
Read MoreThe Irish Legal 100 has selected founding partner Tim Clinton to its list of approximately 200 honorees from around the United States for 2019. The Irish Legal 100 describes itself this way:
The Irish Legal 100, founded in 2008 by the Irish Voice newspaper in New York, is an annual compilation of the most distinguished legal professionals in the United States who share one common bond: pride in their Irish roots. . . .
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