Recent criminal defense verdicts by J. Jeffrey Lee

• Represented a client against the collection of credit card debt and assisted with cleaning up her credit report. Negotiated a settlement at a fraction of the original debt with reasonable payment terms.
• Represented a University professor accused of inappropriate behavior with a female student. Defendant cleared through Judicial Diversion.
• Represented a defendant accused of Driving Under the Influence (3rd offense) and Initiating a False Report. Convinced the Prosecutor offer plea to lesser DUI offense and the felony charge of Initiating a False Report was dropped. Defendant served in a residential substance abuse program rather than jail.
• Represented a client against a local store that breached its contract, engaged in fraud, and violated the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. Case is scheduled for trial in General Sessions Civil Court.
• Represented a client who against an employer who sexually harassed her and engaged in Assault and Battery. Undisclosed financial settlement.
• Represented a University student accused of Intercourse Without Consent under Title IX (Rape under the criminal code). Student cleared his name after a University Title IX hearing.
• Represented a defendant accused of Felony Theft from her restaurant when she did not deposit the daily earnings at the bank, and the money was stolen from her car. Jury verdict of not guilty.
• Represented a defendant accused of Sexual Battery of a Minor, which would have put him on the Sex Offender Registry for life as a Violent Sex Offender.Jury verdict of not guilty.
• Represented a client on his Appeal for the denial of Social Security Disability appeal. Benefits approved.
• Represented various landlords on Forcible Eviction and Detainer for tenant’s failure to pay rent. Collection of past rents due, costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees.
• Represented a client on his Unemployment Appeal, related to his Workers’ Compensation case. Benefits approved.
• Represented a defendant accused of Attempted Aggravated Robbery for allegedly taking lunch money from a Special Needs Victim. Judge held Not guilty during a preliminary hearing, record expunged.
• Represented a defendant accused of Simple Possession of Sch. VI (Marijuana). Convinced the Prosecutor to offer judicial diversion based on illegal search and seizure of the defendant’s pockets. Judicial diversion, record expunged.
• Represented a client in a contract breach to repay funds to a family member in Circuit Court. Case is pending, scheduled for trial.
• Represented a Muslim defendant accused of terrorist-related charges in the Eastern District of Virginia. Defendant received probation rather than federal prison sentence.
  
• Represented a defendant in a post-conviction appeal, alleging that his attorney did not competently represent him on his 1st Degree Murder trial. Appealed the case all the way to the Criminal Court of Appeals.
• Represented a defendant accused of Aggravated Child Abuse. Defendant pleaded to misdemeanor neglect charges.
• Represented a defendant on house arrest for Violation of Probation for multiple technical violations. Reinstated and placed on unsupervised probation.
• Represented a defendant accused of Intent to Deliver Schedule II drug (Crack Cocaine) over .5 gram. Convinced the Prosecutor to offer plea to misdemeanor possession of marijuana, to serve fifteen weekends, and avoided felony conviction and sentencing as a Career Offender (30 years at 60%).

Each case is different and case results may differ.