Partners Bill Easton and Brian Shiffrin obtain reversal of Assault 1 conviction and new trial
On September 28, 2018, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department reversed the Assault in the First Degree conviction of ETKS client Kenneth Farley, and ordered that he be given a new trial on the grounds that the trial court erred in denying defendant’s challenge for cause to a prospective juror. Mr Farley was represented by Bill Easton at trial and by Bill Easton and Brian Shiffrin on appeal. You can read the full decision...
read moreETKS partner Donald Thompson and ‘Golf Digest’ helped free wrongly convicted Buffalo man
Read the article by Democrat and Chronicle reporter Gary Craig...
read moreAssociate Paul Meabon teams with Assistant Public Defender Josh Stubbe to present CLE on justification
The Monroe County Public Defender’s Office will be hosting a CLE on Friday, September 7, 2018 on the defense of justification. Joshua Stubbe (Monroe County Public Defender’s Office) and Paul Meabon (Easton Thompson Kasperek Shiffrin) will provide a general overview of the justification statute, help differentiate between lethal and non-lethal force and analyze facts courts rely on to determine the initial aggressor. Participants will receive 2.0 credit hours in the areas of skills (both...
read moreBrian Shiffrin obtains reversal of Robbery convictions at Appellate Division
On July 6, 2018, partner Brian Shiffrin obtained a reversal in People v. Jonathan Spinks. Mr. Spinks had been convicted of Robbery in the First Degree and Robbery in the Second Degree following a jury trial. Read the Appellate Division decision here:...
read moreETKS representation helps client avoid deportation
Bill Easton and Brian Shiffrin successfully represented a woman who had a deportation warrant due to her conviction, following a guilty plea, to felony assault. First, they successfully moved to reinstate her dismissed appeal. Then, on appeal, the Appellate Division agreed that she had not been properly informed of the immigration consequences of the plea. That decision led to the vacating of the conviction and a plea to a misdemeanor for which she does...
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