Why Daniel Penny’s Jury Consultant Made Prosecutors Sweat
Dimitrius, an industry heavyweight, is helping out Penny, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran facing manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges for defending his fellow passengers aboard a busy New York City subway car in May 2023. Penny had heroically stepped in to subdue Neely, who was threatening to kill other commuters, including women and children, trapped on the train with him. Neely later died, and the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.
Dimitrius & Associates was honored to be a part of the defense of Daniel Penny led by attorneys, Thomas Kenniff and Steve Raiser. Additionally, we’d like to credit the efforts of Alan Tuerkheimer, Kristle Kendrick, Tommy Dow, and Neil Newhouse of Public Opinion Strategies.
Daniel Penny has been found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely.
It comes after jurors told the court Friday morning they couldn’t reach an agreement on the top charge, second-degree manslaughter, and prosecutors moved to dismiss it, prompting the judge to controversially allow them to only deliberate the second charge.
Mattel Wins Lawsuit
After a high-stakes trial, a jury has found that Mattel did not steal a reality show concept from producer Norton Herrick, marking a major victory for the toy giant, which could have been on the hook for $46.2 million in damages.
Dimitrius & Associates was honored to work with the successful defense team of Larry Iser, Patti Millett, Kristen Spanier, and Chris Avalos on this case
A jury in Los Angeles County on Thursday ruled 9-3 in Mattel Inc.’s favor in a long-running dispute with a Hollywood producer who claimed the toy giant stole his idea for the television show “Toy Box.”
Mattel’s counsel, Lawrence Y. Iser confirmed on Friday that the company prevailed on all the claims against it. Iser is with Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir. The trial was held in Santa Monica Courthouse.
I join Wolf Blitzer to talk about final 12 jurors selected in President Trump’s hush money trial
Dr. Jo-Ellan Dimitrius discusses potential sequestration of jurors in the Trump hush money trial in Law360
For more than eight months in 1995, the jury thatultimately acquitted O.J. Simpson of murder was closely guarded at a hotel. Virtually everything theydid, from their phone calls to the TV shows they watched, was controlled or monitored.
Life will likely be very different for jurors picked this month to hear the first criminal case against aformer American president, despite a similar media frenzy.
Dr. Jo-Ellan Dimitrius discusses President Trump’s hush money trial on Inside Edition
Donald Trump lashed out again at the prosecutors in his Stormy Daniels hush money trial. In five days, Trump will be at the criminal court in New York City for the start of jury selection. The trial is sure to be a media circus with Daniels slated to be testifying. It comes as the questionnaire that prospective jurors must answer to sniff out any bias has emerged. Inside Edition’s Steven Fabian has more.
Family Speaks Out after Man Gets 10 Years for Shooting Wife
Chilling video shows a Texas man fatally shooting his wife in the face. Carey Birmingham says he was in a state of rage because he learned his wife was allegedly having an affair, a claim her family denies. The evidence was presented to the 12-member jury, which consisted entirely of women. They allegedly sympathized with the wife killer and sentenced him to 10 years instead of the 20 years prosecutors wanted. The slain woman’s sister says the family was shocked at the jury’s decision.
A huge congratulations to Cris and Valeska!
Our friend and client has just been appointed and approved as the newest Brazilian Supreme Court Justice.
Cristiano Zanin new top court justice after 58–18 vote
The Brazilian Senate approved the nomination of lawyer Cristiano Zanin for the Supreme Court by 58 votes to 18 during a plenary session Wednesday (Jun. 21). President Lula’s choice to take Justice Ricardo Lewandowski’s place, future Justice Zanin was approved by Congress after a nearly eight-hour–long confirmation hearing…
