Reparations Center for Victims of War CrimesNews about Fossum Law Office, LLC and criminal defense attorney John L. Fossum
Attorney John L. Fossum, of the Fossum Law Office, LLC has been named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers. According to their website: The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 an invitation-only organization composed of the premier trial lawyers from each state in the nation who meet stringent qualifications as civil…
John L. Fossum is scheduled to speak at a CLE on International Criminal Law, planned for May 3, 2013 in Minneapolis. Mr. Fossum will be speaking on the history of International Criminal Law and Ethics Issues in Defense in International Criminal Law. He is admitted to practice before four international criminal tribunals and an MSBA…
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has published a new database that helps determine what rights have been lost by a felony conviction, and if, and how they maybe restored. The database helps answer the most persistent questions asked by those who have been convicted of crimes. For example, the entry related to Minnesota…
Attorney John L. Fossum, of the Fossum Law Office, LLC was named as Certified Criminal Law Specialist by the Minnesota State Bar Association. According the announcement from the MSBA: The certified specialist designation is earned by leading attorneys who have completed a rigorous approval process, including an examination in the specialty area, peer review, and…
John L. Fossum, along with former U.S. Ambassdor Robert Flaten, United States District Court Judge John Tunheim, Assistant United States Attorney John Docherty and Professor Barbara Frey of the Human Rights Program at the Institute for Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. Details of the program, registration information, and bios of the speakers are…
The Minnesota Supreme Court this week issued its decision in the case of Walter Jamille Randolph, a case which arose in Rice County. John L. Fossum co-authored an Amicus Curiae brief in the case along with two other former chairs of the Criminal Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Walter Randolph was appointed…
John L. Fossum recently returned from a visit to Marrakesh, Morocco at the invitation of the Moroccan Institute of Legal Initiatives and the Rabat Bar Association. The training was conducted July 1 and 2, 2011 at the Kenzi Menara Palace Hotel in Marrakech, Morocco. Fossum lead a two day training, with Marie O’Leary on basics…
John L. Fossum of the Fossum Law Office, LLC again argued a case at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Mr. Fossum is an experienced and trial and appellate lawyer, having tried cases in state court in Minnesota, and the Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota. Today’s argument was…
Although the Minnesota Courts say they need 20 more judges and 270 more staffers, Chief Justice Lorie Gildea is asking only that the courts be “held harmless” in the upcoming budget cycle. Speaker of the Minnesota House Kurt Zellers has said that the judiciary will be held harmless. The ABA Journal blog reports that “the…
Fossum Law Office, LLC was briefly moved last week as a precautionary measure because of the unusually high and rare fall flooding of the Cannon River. The flood reached the corner of the building but did no damage and did not enter the building. Unfortunately, some colleagues and friends downstream in the narrower part of…
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