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Mr. Venie has appeared on CNN, Court TV, and many other television and news programs across the country.
In 2005 and again in 2008, Mr. Venie was named a semi-finalist for criminal defense lawyer of the year by San Diego Daily Transcript. http://www.sddt.com/Reports/article.cfm?
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Mr. Venie has handled many high profile cases. Below are some links to recent cases:
A first degree murder for hire case.
Mr. Venie's client was accused of murder based upon being a get-a-way driver for a hitman. Mr. Venie's client maintained his innocence and wanted to go to trial even though he faced the death penalty. Mr. Venie hung the jury at trial and was able to get the client probation. Instead of getting life without parole or the death penalty, that client is now out working and enjoying life:
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/06/24/news/
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Three counts of rape, client facing possible 45 to life sentence.
Mr. Venie's client was accused of raping three women. The case was beyond ridiculous. The prosecution believed that the women had not consented to sex because our client told them if they did not have sex with him the devil would come to them in their dreams and rape them. The prosecution claimed this was non consensual sex. Mr. Venie got all of these ridiculous charges dismissed and my client went home with no jail time, no sex charges, no sex offender registration, he kept his job and resumed his life. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040918/
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http://www.10news.com/news/3737976/detail.html
A DWI/hit and run murder.
Mr. Venie’s client drove drunk and killed a teenager who was on his way home from a date. The client then left the scene. Mr. Venie saved the client from a life sentence:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/
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A hit and run/street racing murder.
Mr. Venie worked with a team of lawyers on a multiple murder case involving street racing. This was the first street racing case in the country that was charged as a homicide. Mr. Venie's client was accused of driving one of the cars in the race and then leaving the scene of the accident after the other driver hit another car and caused two deaths. Mr. Venie and that team of lawyers got the client acquitted of murder (found not guilty). The case was actually made into a Law and Order episode, one of the few in which the defense won a not guilty verdict.
Street racer murder defendants ordered to stand trial: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/
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Hit and run racers not guilty of murder, convicted of lesser charges:
http://www.monicazech.com/archives/2003/01/street_racing_i.php
http://www.courttv.com/trials/dragrace/index.html
A multimillion dollar tax fraud case
The federal government accused Mr. Venie and another attorney’s client (a doctor) of evading millions of dollars in income tax through the use of offshore tax havens. We were able to negotiate a resolution for the client that involved 5 months in prison only. He also kept his medical license.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060213/
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A rape case involving allegations the defendant posed as a police officer
Mr. Venie’s client faced multiple life sentences on multiple rape counts. He was able to help that client avoid that life sentence and the client will be out of prison within ten years.
http://www.sandiego.gov/police/about/media/pdf/061114a.pdf
http://www.10news.com/news/10330933/detail.html
Grave robbing
Harkening back to the 19th century, Mr. Venie represented an accused grave robber. The client was accused of stealing hundreds of brass vases and ornaments from graves. Despite rabid media attention and a pervasive hostile environment in which to defend the case, Mr. Venie saved the client from a 18-to-life sentence and kept his face out of the papers and off of television.
http://www.10news.com/news/9727518/detail.html
United States Army Enlisted man accused of skipping bail by going to Iraq
Mr. Venie represented a member of the United States Army accused of going to Iraq to avoid trial here on very serious crimes. The district attorney charged him with skipping bail and sought two years in prison when the soldier returned from serving. Mr. Venie got the two year charges dismissed and the gun related charges as well. The client walked away free and kept his military career.
http://www.anothernotguilty.com/blog/
Mr. Venie has helped nearly every type of defendant accused of nearly every type of crime. He has tried and won all types of criminal cases from DWI/DUI cases to first degree murder cases. He has helped people after they were convicted to get there wrongful convictions reversed. Mr. Venie has saved the scholarships and eligibility of many NCAA student/athletes.
Although he has done several cases that were in the media, he helps all types of accused clients, from the famous (and the infamous) to the not so f amous.
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