Select Victories

Alleged strangulation/suffocation of child in defendant’s care. Defense involved challenging cause of death, aggressive cross of state’s pathologist, and strong expert testimony for the defense. Lots of local press, there’s a livestream of much of the trial online somewhere.

Client was a lesbian living with religious parents and abusive family dynamics. Her brother was coached to accuse her of SA in a bizarre “conversion therapy” type of setup. A lot of political hot button issues to tackle and extensive pretrial litigation that really facilitated the win.

Client was a protester accused of battering a state senator. Tons of press as a result — including write up in New York Times about acquittal. Defense was that client was innocent.

Gang-related shooting with ID issues, bad science (gunshot residue).

College sexual assault allegations, saved a young man from registry and preserved his ability to enter his chosen career (teaching).

Interconnected small town politics led to my client, prominent professional, being charged with stalking a government official. Jury came back in 18 minutes and said the only reason it took that long was they wanted to talk about how the alleged victim should be prosecuted. Several jurors hugged my client and apologized to him for what he had been through.

Man charged with 2nd degree Sexual Assault of his stepdaughter was found NOT GUILTY by jury after Attorney Aaron A. Nelson successfully persuaded the jury that the teenagers story was not believable.

Man charged was found NOT GUILTY by a jury of all charges after Attorney Aaron A. Nelson successfully argued their consensual sexual affair was not a crime. Theory of Defense: It was his insults and the potential of their immoral affair being known to family that led her to eventually blame him by telling police she was raped.

Man found NOT GUILTY by a jury of the charge 1st Degree Reckless Homicide after Attorney Aaron A. Nelson successfully argued that the man was acting in self-defense.

Man charged with three counts of 1st Degree Sexual Assault of a Child under 12 was found not guilty after a week-long jury trial. The jury deliberated less than one hour before agreeing with the Defense that the child was only a victim of a custody struggle and was manipulated by his mother, but that he was never sexually assaulted.

College student was charged with three counts of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault and one count of Battery. On day three of jury trial, the Judge dismissed one count of Sexual Assault because the State could not meet its burden. After four days of trial, the jurors took less than 30 minutes to find him not guilty of all charges.

Mother charged with three counts of felony Vehicular Homicide and one misdemeanor charge of Reckless Driving, found “not guilty” on all charges by a jury, after just two hours of deliberation.

Man charged with Party to A Crime (PTAC) of Armed Robbery and Felony Murder, found “Not Guilty” of all charges by jury. The other 4 defendants charged in companion cases were all eventually convicted and served time in prison for their role in the events, but Attorney Aaron A. Nelson persuaded jury that his client was not guilty because he had no knowledge of the shooters plan and did not aid nor abet the shooter.

Man charged with multiple counts of Repeated Sexual Assault of Same Child was found not guilty after a week-long jury trial. The jury deliberated less than two hours before agreeing with the defense that the child was only a victim of a custody struggle and being manipulated by her mother, but that the child was not sexually assaulted.

Man found NOT GUILTY by a jury of the charge 1st Degree Intentional Homicide after Attorney Aaron A. Nelson successfully convinced the jury that one of the State’s prisoner witnesses was more likely to be the shooter than the accused.

Charged with 12 counts of 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of her child and 2 other children was found Not Guilty of all 12 counts after Attorney Aaron A. Nelson successfully persuaded the jury that his client was COERCED [forced] to do these horrible acts by her abusive husband who held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her if she left him.