Case Results

Everett Municipal Court – Client avoids 3.1 years on EHM!!!

After revoking my client’s Deferred Prosecution when he got a new charge for an Ignition Interlock Violation, the prosecutor thought I was playing games when I handed her my client’s mental-health evaluation.  It was not a ploy but a valid diagnosis.  The prosecutor…

Whatcom County District Court.  DUI Failure to Comply Review Hearing for dirty UA with THC.

Court had ordered client not to smoke marijuana – no action taken, medical marijuana ‘green card’ obtained.  Restriction on smoking pot removed by court.

Whatcom County District Court – DUI reduced to Reckless Driving.

DUI reduced to Reckless Driving.  Client very happy with his results, especially considering his high Blood Alcohol Concentration and criminal history.

South District Court (Snohomish County District Court) – Deferred Prosecution for second DUI

No jail.  An individually tailored mental health treatment program avoided 5 years of AA meetings twice per week (a total of 520 AA meetings avoided)!

Bellingham Municipal Court – Assault 4 reduced to Disorderly Conduct with no jail time.

Happy client!  Charges drastically reduced to a mere, simple misdemeanor.

King County District Court – SOC (Stipulated Order of Continuance) for Serving/Selling Liquor to Minors.

Client avoids conviction and jail after merely taking an alcohol servers’ class.

Edmonds Municipal Court – Ignition Interlock Device Violation charge dismissed.

Client incredibly relieved as he has a review hearing coming up and, had I not gotten this IID charge dropped, after convincing the prosecutor that she had evidentiary problems trying to show that my client’s employee waver was not valid, he was looking at a mandatory…

King County District DUI first offense with BAC of 0.12 / 0.13

DUI amended down to Reckless Driving and with a deferred sentence that will result in no conviction of any crime after 2 years of law abiding behavior!

King County – Filing of Major Felony Charges Avoided

Phillip Weinberg’s client was a high-level human resources executive with gambling issues who embezzled over $100,000 from their company via theft, fraudulently altered documents, fraudulently issued bank checks, forgery and the like. Through extensive and…

Marysville Municipal Court DV Case

Phillip Weinberg’s client was facing Assault 4 DV charges that if convicted would have likely cost the client a job as a professional working for the government. Mr. Weinberg obtained admissions from the alleged victim and got the case dismissed without even having to…

King County Superior Court Felony Case

Phil Weinberg’s client, from an East European country here on a student visa, was charged with Assault 2 DV, which is a “strike” and this was for allegedly strangling their girlfriend at a school they attended. Mr. Weinberg relentlessly negotiated, carefully but…

King County District Court (Seattle District Court) DUI’s

An out-of-state client had 2 serious DUI’s 9-10 years ago in the client’s home state (another state) and was stopped this year in Seattle, while here visiting family, allegedly talking on a cell phone, and allegedly driving while affected by alcohol. Attorney Phillip…

Kent Municipal Court Case – DV

Client was charged with Assault 4 DV and Protection Order Violation. After several months of continuances for ongoing intensive negotiation and refinement of assessment reports, Phil Weinberg’s client’s case was continued for two years and, upon eventual completion of…

Serious Traffic Case in Cascade District Court, Arlington

Negotiating intensely since early November 2014, Attorney Phil Weinberg was able to get a great outcome for a professional truck driver and save this client’s CDL (Commercial Driver’s License from any suspension (“removal from service,” as DOL terms it). A client was…

Client with Several Cases in Federal way Municipal and King County District Court (Shoreline)

Phillip Weinberg’s client, with an extensive criminal history, was facing numerous Driving While License Suspended First degree and Second Degree Charges, with prosecutorial sentencing recommendations totaling over 6 months. Attorney Weinberg was able to override the…

King County Superior Court Felony DUI Case

Client had a prior Vehicular assault conviction and other prior DUI’s, then got another Dui with a blood alcohol level almost 3 times the legal limit. Prosecutor was persuaded by Mr. Weinberg to reduce the 18-month standard sentence to less than 9 months to serve in a…

Issaquah Municipal Court Cases

Attorney Phillip Weinberg’s client was facing two serious gross misdemeanor cases and an initial indication we were looking at substantial jail time, one case with three counts (Indecent Exposure, Resisting Arrest and Obstructing Law Enforcement Officer) and one case…

Extradition defeated and felony case in S. Dakota dismissed and closed.

Week of April 18, 2016 – King County Superior Court.  Phil Weinberg’s client was in jail in King County facing extradition for numerous alleged and real probation violations in S. Dakota.  Phil convinced the S. Dakota prosecutor, warrants section and probation officer…

Hit and Run dropped by prosecutor

Alleged Hit and Run of a motorcycle, of which the rider had no memory of due to a concussion, by my elderly client in a car was dismissed.  As usual, the Police gathered only evidence and statements of alleged eyewitnesses that supported a finding of guilt.  After…

No Contact order lifted

A married couple are back together after a bad police report, and an aggressive prosecutor got a no contact order, forcing the husband to leave his home from where he also sometimes worked. The misunderstanding was caused by police asking unclear questions to…

Theft 3 case dropped for client in mental health custody

Was hired to quash a warrant for a client who missed court because he was being held involuntarily for mental health reasons. After much discussion with the prosecutor, I not only got the warrant quashed, I also got the case dismissed, as long as he stayed out of…

Another Kirkland Municipal NCO lifted

A young Kirkland couple, very in love, were separated for almost a month after their condo neighbor heard them arguing.  This resulted from a pretrial No Contact order (“NCO”).  The court believed the police report synopsis that was based purely on the neighbors…