This Friday, supporters cheered Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir and his attorney Jess Hoeme following a not guilty verdict on Bellendir’s charge for mistreatment of a confined person. After three days of evidence, the jury deliberated for a mere 15 minutes before returning their unanimous verdict. The charges arose from an incident on August 10,…
U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers in America® announced today the Wichita and Topeka offices of Joseph, Hollander & Craft have earned six separate 2019 Best Law Firms Tier 1 rankings for these practice areas: Criminal Defense – General Practice, Topeka Criminal Defense – White-Collar, Topeka DUI/DWI Defense – Wichita Employment Law –…
A jury deliberated for less than three hours Thursday before finding two Schlitterbahn maintenance workers not guilty of obstructing an investigation into the 2016 death of Caleb Schwab on the Verruckt water slide in Kansas City, Kan. David Hughes and John Zalsman, charged in May with lying to investigators, left the Wyandotte County Courthouse cleared…
Five attorneys from the Wichita, Topeka and Lawrence offices of Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC have been honored by the highly regarded Best Lawyers in America® – 2019 Edition, with two of them receiving “Lawyer of the Year” honors in their respective markets. Wichita Ross A. Hollander was named Wichita Lawyer of the Year in…
The Kansas statute prohibiting driving under the influence (“DUI”), K.S.A. 8-1567, categorizes the severity level of the crime based on how many prior DUI convictions the offender has. For example, DUI is a class B misdemeanor for someone who has no prior DUI convictions. But DUI is a felony for someone with three or more…