Nov 23, 2021 · Who are Kyle Rittenhouse’s former lawyers Lin Wood and John Pierce? When the jury delivered their not guilty verdict, Rittenhouse, 18, was standing beside Mark Richards, who helped the teen win the case. However, before Rittenhouse hired Richards, he had two former lawyers including Lin Wood, 69, and John Pierce.
Nov 20, 2021 · Lead attorney Mark Richards gives his closing argument during Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 15, 2021. Sean Krajacic/Pool via REUTERS “I would love for...
Nov 23, 2021 · Who are Kyle Rittenhouse’s former lawyers Lin Wood and John Pierce? When the jury delivered their not guilty verdict, Rittenhouse, 18, was standing beside Mark Richards, who helped the teen win the...
May 22, 2021 · Kyle Rittenhouse, right, listens as his attorney, Mark Richards, speaks during Rittenhouse's pretrial hearing on Friday at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis. Sean Krajacic / The Kenosha...
Lawyers Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi flank Kyle Rittenhouse in entering the courtroom for a meeting called by Judge Bruce Schroeder last Thursday.Nov 22, 2021
The lead lawyer representing Kyle Rittenhouse is Mark Richards, 59, a veteran defense lawyer and former prosecutor who has spent his career in Kenosha and Racine, Wis., primarily representing people accused of drug crimes and murder.Nov 2, 2021
Richards earned his law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison in 1987. He's working with his partner Dimmer, S.C, and had worked with Hall, S.C from 1995 to 2013. He is a member of the Board of Governors since May 2011.
Mark studied at the University of Wisconsin Law School. He was a sole practitioner from 1990 to 1994. He's currently associated with Richards & Dimmer, S.C as a partner.Nov 16, 2021
Harvard Law SchoolJohn is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Prior to law school, John was an M1A1 Abrams tank platoon leader in the U.S. Army's 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.
Attorney Corey Chirafisi is a former prosecutor. As such, he has a unique perspective into how the other side thinks about prosecuting cases. Attorney Chirafisi served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kenosha County before entering private practice.
Mark Richards was born and raised in Newcastle, son of Ray and Val Richards, both keen beachgoers.
65 years (March 7, 1957)Mark Richards / Age
Rittenhouse, dressed in a dark-colored suit and wearing a black mask, said nothing during Friday morning's hearing in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Covid-19 protocols forced Rittenhouse to make his earlier court appearances virtually, but those restrictions have since been lifted.
Richards has said in court documents that Rittenhouse and his family have moved into an undisclosed safe house because they’ve received multiple threats. Elisha Fieldstadt is a breaking news reporter for NBC News. The Associated Press contributed.
Grosskreutz was wounded but survived. He faces multiple felony counts, including reckless homicide and reckless endangerment. He also faces a misdemeanor count of being a minor in possession of a firearm.
Sean Krajacic / The Kenosha News via AP. Rittenhouse is due back in court Sept. 17. A trial date is still set for Nov. 1, and it is expected to last about two weeks.
Pierce's "personal financial difficulties raise significant ethical concerns," Binger wrote in a court filing, contending Pierce could "personally benefit" from his close ties to the "#FightBack Foundation," a Texas organization co-founded by Pierce and nationally known defamation lawyer Lin Wood. #FightBack had been raising money ...
In that November 2019 filing, Pierce declared no income and substantial personal debts, including federal and state tax tabs of $1.05 million, a $90,000 bank loan and a $27,000 debt owed to his former mother-in-law. VIDEO: Kenosha shooting timeline: Tracking Kyle Rittenhouse.
Though Pierce stepped down from the foundation board in September, Binger noted in his court filing that Pierce continued to urge his 32,500 Twitter followers to send donations for Rittenhouse. "This creates a potential conflict of interest for Attorney Pierce.
John Pierce will still represent Rittenhouse in any civil defamation lawsuits. By James Hill.
Nam Y. Huh/Pool via Reuters, FILE. John M. Pierce, a California lawyer who has employed war-like rhetoric in his advocacy and fundraising for Kyle Rittenhouse -- the 17-year-old accused of killing two men and wounding another during a night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin -- filed a motion to withdraw from Rittenhouse's criminal case, ...
Accompanied by his client's mother, Wendy Rittenhouse, Pierce used the segment to announce a new fundraising site and vowed to pursue "a lot" of civil cases against media organizations and politicians he claims have defamed Rittenhouse. At the time the segment aired, the new fundraising site was still under construction.