Domestic Assault Charge — "Continued Without a Finding"

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 avoid federal lifetime ban on gun ownership for domestic assault convictions.

Recent Blog Posts

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Lothstein's First Degree Assault Jury Trial Results in Nine Not Guilty Verdicts

December 15th, 2018

Earlier on this page, we reported that Ted Lothstein has been in a First Degree Assault jury trial all week in the Hillsborough County Superior Court-South in Nashua, representing Cyrinus Franklin “Frank” Morris. The Nashua Police and Hillsboroug… Read More

Dec

1st Degree Assault Jury Trial in the News

December 14th, 2018

Ted Lothstein’s role defending a Nashua man charged with First Degree Assault in a jury trial this week has been covered twice this week by the Nashua Telegraph. (The defense team, contrary to the article, did not include anybody named “D… Read More

Dec

Our victory profiled in the New Republic magazine

December 5th, 2018

The Victory on Appeal In October, I posted about our victory on appeal in the Afshar case, based on the misconduct of a biased juror. After a therapist was convicted by juror of assaulting a young patient in his office, he hired our firm, we conducte… Read More

Recent Case Results

Aggravated DWI Lowered to Simple DWI

In Lebanon District Court, Client faced a charge of aggravated DWI based on a blood test reading of .35 … over four times the legal limit, and more importantly, twice the aggravated DWI limit of .16. Attorney Lothstein obtained a settlement for Client where he pled guilty to simple DWI, and thereby avoided mandatory jail time, mandatory 7-day residential alcohol program, and a mandatory one year “ignition interlock” requirement. Read More

Lothstein Obtains Plea for Reckless Driving, Avoiding DWI for Client

Client charged with DWI in the Portsmouth Circuit Court – Attorney Lothstein secures plea to reckless driving. Read More

Client Offered Community Service Instead of Conviction, Jail and Driver's License Revocation

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 Client’s license had been revoked just two months prior for a DWI conviction, causing him to face this charge that carries a mandatory jail sentence and a mandatory one year license revocation upon conviction. Attorney Lothstein persuaded the prosecutor to give Client a “deferred prosecution” – an opportunity to do community service and thereby avoid conviction, jail and license revocation. Read More