Attorney William Mohrman
Who is paying for Chauvin attorney?
Potter's defense is being paid for by the Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association legal defense fund. The MPPOA also covered the cost to defend former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin, who was convicted of murdering George Floyd, and will also cover the cost to defend his three fellow former police officers.Dec 15, 2021
Who is Eric Nelson?
Eric Nelson is a founding partner of Halberg Criminal Defense, Minnesota's Largest and Most Experienced Criminal Defense Firm. Since 2001, Eric's extensive criminal practice has included successful representation of thousands of people charged with all types and levels of criminal activity.
How old is Eric Nelson the attorney?
Nelson, 46, took charge of the former police officer Derek Chauvin's defense over the summer, after his first lawyer retired. Before taking on Mr. Chauvin's case, Mr.Mar 29, 2021
Where did Eric Nelson go to school?
Eric Nelson (historian)Eric M. NelsonBornAugust 13, 1977 New York, New YorkTitleRobert M. Beren Professor of GovernmentAcademic backgroundAlma materHarvard University (AB) Trinity College, Cambridge (MPhil, PhD)7 more rows
Overview
Derek Michael Chauvin is an American former police officer who was convicted for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chauvin was a member of the Minneapolis Police Department from 2001 to 2020.
Chauvin had knelt on Floyd's neck for about nine minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and lying face down on the street calling out "I can't breathe" durin…
Early life and education
Chauvin was born on March 19, 1976. His mother was a housewife and his father was a certified public accountant. When he was seven, his parents divorced and were granted joint custody of him.
Chauvin attended Park High School in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, but did not finish and later obtained a GED certificate. He earned a certificate in quantity food preparation at Dakota County …
Career
Chauvin joined the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) in 2001. While on the force he was involved in three police shootings, one of which was fatal. He received a medal for valor in 2006 for being one of several officers who fired on a suspect who pointed a shotgun at them, and another in 2008 for a domestic violenceincident in which he broke down a door and shot a suspect who reached for his pistol. He received a commendation medal in 2008 after he and his partner …
Prosecution for the murder of George Floyd
On May 25, 2020, Chauvin was one of four officers involved in arresting George Floyd on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill at a market and was the field training officer for one of the other officers involved. Security camera footage from a nearby business did not show Floyd resisting the arrest. The criminal complaint stated that, based on body camera footage, Floyd repeatedly said h…
Civil rights violations case
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) convened a grand jury in February 2021 to investigate whether Chauvin violated Floyd's civil rights as well as another incident in September 2017 when Chauvin restrained a 14-year-old boy for several minutes, using his knee to lean into the boy's back and hitting him with a flashlight several times.
During the restraint, Chauvin ignored the boy's pleas that he could not breathe and the boy briefl…
Tax evasion case
On July 22, 2020, after the murder charges were brought against him, Chauvin and his then-wife were separately charged in Washington County, Minnesota, on nine felony counts of tax evasion related to allegedly fraudulent state income tax returns from 2014 to 2019. Prosecutors state the couple under-reported their joint income by $464,433, including more than $95,000 from Chauvin's off-duty security work. The complaint also alleges failure to pay proper sales tax on a $100,000 B…
Ramsey County Jail discrimination complaint
Following his arrest on May 29, Chauvin was booked and processed at the Ramsey County Jail. In June 2020, eight correctional officers who work at the jail filed a discrimination complaint against their supervisors with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. They alleged that during Chauvin's brief stay before his transfer to a state prison, non-white guards were not allowed to work on the fifth floor where Chauvin was being held. The complaint also alleged that a guard ha…
Personal life
Chauvin's ex-wife, a real estate agent and photographer, is a Hmong refugee from Laos who won in a "Mrs. Minnesota" beauty pageant in 2018. She filed for divorce the day before he was arrested for Floyd's murder, and the divorce was finalized in February 2021. The couple did not have any children together. Chauvin was a registered Republican.
The Defendant
- Derek Chauvin, 45, had been an officer with the Minneapolis Police Department for more than 19 years before George Floyd’s death. During that time, he was the subject of at least 22 complaints and...
- Mr. Chauvin faces charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the death ofMr. Floyd.
The Judge
- Judge Peter A. Cahillis a 14-year veteran of the bench in Hennepin County. He has previously worked as a public defender, private defense lawyer and prosecutor, rising to become chief deputy under...
The Jury
- The jury — made up of 12 jurors and two alternates— was chosen from a pool of more than 300 people from across Hennepin County. Throughout the trial, they have remained anonymous; their faces were...
- The jurors’ identities are secret, but the court has released some demographic information: There are three Black men, one Black woman, two women who identified as multiracial, two …
- The jury — made up of 12 jurors and two alternates— was chosen from a pool of more than 300 people from across Hennepin County. Throughout the trial, they have remained anonymous; their faces were...
- The jurors’ identities are secret, but the court has released some demographic information: There are three Black men, one Black woman, two women who identified as multiracial, two white men and fo...
The Prosecution
- Jerry W. Blackwell,a corporate attorney, was the first lawyer to speak when the trial opened. Keith Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general, brought Mr. Blackwell in only for this case, and Mr. Bla...
- Steve Schleicher, an experienced trial and appellate lawyer and former federal prosecutor, spent 13 years in the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, as the deputy criminal chief of the s…
- Jerry W. Blackwell,a corporate attorney, was the first lawyer to speak when the trial opened. Keith Ellison, the Minnesota attorney general, brought Mr. Blackwell in only for this case, and Mr. Bla...
- Steve Schleicher, an experienced trial and appellate lawyer and former federal prosecutor, spent 13 years in the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, as the deputy criminal chief of the special pro...
- Erin Eldridge, an assistant attorney general, works in the office’s criminal division. Among the witnesses she questioned was Charles McMillian, who broke down on the stand while he recounted watch...
- Matthew Frank, an assistant attorney general for Minnesota, took the lead in questioning ma…
The Defense
- Mr. Chauvin is represented by Eric J. Nelson, a defense lawyer who rotates as counsel for the legal defense fund of the Minnesota Police and Peace Officer’s Association. Mr. Nelson took on Mr. Chau...
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