News
Federal Sentencing Victory
In the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Coburn & Coffman attorneys Kobie Flowers and Jeff Coffman successfully defended a client involved in firearms possession and trafficking. At the outset of the case, the client faced a sentence of certain incarceration, according to both his previous defense counsel and the government. However, on June 28, 2010 at sentencing, Mr. Flowers and Mr. Coffman ably secured a sentence of probation for the client.
Labor & Employment Alert
Jon Greenbaum at IPED
Jonathan Greenbaum is presenting a seminar to real estate developers of financial institutions at the IPED Conference, Opportunities for Affordable Housing Preservation in Challenging Times, in Chicago, May 18-19, 2010. His presentation is on "A Potential Buyer's Nightmare: Labor and Fair Housing Concerns".
NPR's Fresh Air on Khadr
NPR's Terry Gross interviewed Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent about the Khadr pre-trial hearings in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on his show Fresh Air.
To listen to Tuesday's full show, click here.
Washington Post on Omar Khadr
Washington Post Staff Writer Peter Finn reports on the April 28 opening of the military tribunal hearings for Omar Khadr - represented by Coburn & Coffman attorneys Barry Coburn and Kobie Flowers - in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This is the first case to be tried by a military commission under the Obama Administration.
Read more from the Washington Post article here.