Having the right criminal lawyer on your side can improve your chances of a victory on your day in court. Lothstein Guerriero, PLLC has won many victories in New Hampshire courts over the years.
Case results depend upon a variety of factors unique to each case. Case results do not guarantee or predict a similar result in any future case.
A jury acquitted our client, on parole for a previous hotel burglary, of a hotel burglary charge with only 15 minutes of deliberation after we uncovered damaging information about an eyewitness’s credibility.
Read More Felony Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute charge against our client was reduced to a misdemeanor, allowing her to avoid both jail time and probation.
Read More 10/12/2018: In 2018, and perhaps on of our greatest victories, we won an appeal granting a new trial to a beloved and esteemed therapist wrongfully accused of sexual assault by a client. On October 12, 2018, the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a critical victory we had already won in th…
Read More Concord District Court. On the morning of trial where Client faces domestic assault charge, prosecutor offers a “continued without a finding” disposition. Assuming Client satisfies certain rehabilitative conditions, Client will haveno conviction, will have no criminal record, and will…
Read More Newport District Court. Attorney Ted Lothstein convinces Merrimack County Attorney’s Office and State Police to dismiss felony witness tampering and misdemeanor domestic assault charges against Client. At the outset of the case, the complainant brought a restraining order in Newport Dist…
Read More Lebanon District Court. Enfield Police Department charged Client with Possession of Controlled Drug in a Motor Vehicle (marijuana), a major motor vehicle offense and class B misdemeanor crime. Attorney Lothstein secured plea to possession of controlled drug as a non-criminal violation. Cli…
Read More Manchester District Court. Teenage client faced charge of Reckless Operation, a major motor vehicle offense that carries a mandatory 60 day loss of license. On eve of trial, Attorney Lothstein secures plea to a lane violation, a minor motor vehicle infraction (like a speeding ticket), with…
Read More Littleton District Court. Client faced a charge of class A misdemeanor Sexual Assault. If convicted, he would have to register as a sex offender for 10 years and face other criminal penalties. Attorney Lothstein secured a plea to an alternative charge, Simple Assault, helping Client avoid…
Read More Manchester District Court. Client faced a class A misdemeanor charge of Driving after License Suspended for DWI Conviction. Client’s license had been revoked just two months prior for a DWI conviction, causing him to face this charge that carries a mandatory jail sentence and a mandatory…
Read More Hillsborough North Superior Court. Prosecution drops felony possession of marijuana with intent to distribute charge against Client, allows her to plead to misdemeanor. Client serves no jail time, no probation.
Read More Laconia District Court. Charge of leaving the scene of an accident placed on file without a finding.
Read More Concord District Court. Client, a college student, charged with felony possession of controlled drug. Prosecution reduces charge to misdemeanor, no jail time, no probation.
Read More Merrimack County Superior Court. Client charged with two felonies: burglary of a commercial building and, while on bail for that charge, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Burglary dismissed to allow Client to enter the Merrimack County Adult Diversion Program, felony drug…
Read More United States District Court of NH. Attorney Lothstein wins release of Client, detained over six months in multi-defendant cross-border prosecution of Massachusetts and New Hampshire residents alleged to conspire to manufacture methamphetamine over a 3 year period.
Read More Coos County Superior Court. Grand Jury charged Client with felony for bringing drugs into the Berlin State Prison visiting room. Prosecution, after negotiations, agreed to let Client plead guilty to misdemeanor with no jail time.
Read More Hillsborough Superior Court (North). Client faced charges of conspiracy to commit burglary, and burglary of a residential home, in a case where one of the co-conspirators directed her actions by telephone from his home – the New Hampshire State Prison. Represented by Ted Lothstein, Clien…
Read More Hillsborough Superior Court (North). Client faced a felony charge of Operating After Certification as an Habitual Offender, which carries a mandatory minimum one year jail sentence. Ted Lothstein, at the final pretrial, persuaded the prosecution to agree to drop the felony charge, and allo…
Read More New London (now Newport) District Court. The State charged Client with domestic violence simple assault, based on his girlfriend’s accusations to police — and despite her almost immediate recantation of those accusations. On the day of trial, when Client made clear that he would not pl…
Read More Two friends, caught in a car smoking marijuana by police officers, face same charge: marijuana possession. Co-defendant, represented by another lawyer, files no motions, pleads guilty, and now has a criminal conviction on his record. Our Client, represented by Ted Lothstein, files a motion…
Read More Carroll County Superior Court. A Client on parole for a hotel burglary was charged with a hotel burglary. Ted Lothstein, during a deposition of a police chief, uncovered damaging information about the eyewitness’s credibility that had never been disclosed by the prosecution. The jury ret…
Read More Strafford County Superior Court. The State charged Client with aggravated felonious sexual assault in the Strafford County Superior Court. The County Attorney gloated to the jury in his opening statement that this was the only adult rape case he could remember where there was a third-party…
Read More Merrimack County Superior Court. The State charged Client with first degree assault based on a stabbing that occurred outside a restaurant/bar in Concord. Ted Lothstein argued that Client acted in self-defense, protecting himself from a drunken thug. The jury acquitted Client.
Read More Rockingham County Superior Court. The State charged Client with simple assault based on eyewitnesses, including an off-duty police officer, who swore that during a bar fight, Client walked up to a man already unconscious in the gutter and brutally stomped on the man’s head. Ted Lothstein…
Read More In the 3d Circuit-District Division-Ossipee Court, the Moultonborough Police Department investigated Client and several others, accusing them of Burglary and Theft, for breaking into a commercial building and stealing items including bottles of alcoholic beverages. Client was also investig…
Read More On March 28, 2017, the Merrimack County Superior Court granted a 54-page Motion for New Trial that we filed on behalf of a client who had been convicted of Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault and sent to prison. This victory resulted in the immediate release of our client from prison. The…
Read More Grafton County Superior Court, N. Haverhill, NH. Client, a student at Plymouth State University, was prosecuted after selling drugs to an undercover officer just off campus. The Grafton County Attorney’s Office argued that client should serve 6 months in jail. In May, 2016, Attorney…
Read More Our client was charged with Attempted Sale of Narcotic Drugs, a class B felony, based on an undercover investigation by the NH State Police. An affidavit filed with the Court alleged that client had agreed to sell narcotic drugs to an undercover informant supervised by the Drug Task Force,…
Read More On March 30, 2023, in State v. Tufano, a case briefed and orally argued by Ted Lothstein, the NH Supreme Court reversed a conviction for cruelty to animals arising out of a very unusual fact pattern. The accused was seen by neighbors in a manufactured home park spraying water into a large…
Read More These victories do not predict the outcome of your case. Like most lawyers who are not afraid to try a case, Ted Lothstein and Richard Guerriero have both seen plenty of juries vote to convict. From both their victories and their defeats, Ted Lothstein and Richard Guerriero have gained the experience and wisdom to guide a client through the process of exposing the weaknesses and strengths both of the prosecution’s case and of the available defenses, with the ultimate goal of achieving the best possible outcome- which may be a trial, or a negotiated settlement, a choice only the client can make.
