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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 advocate, having tried cases in state court in Minnesota, and the Federal District Court for the District of Minnesota. Today’s argument...
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...
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...
John L. Fossum has been admitted to list of counsel for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Mr. Fossum has now been admitted to practice in four international tribunals, the International Criminal Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and now the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Link...
Judge Adrian Fulford, lead judge on the three judge panel sitting at the International Criminal Court to hear the case against Thomas Lubanga inquired of the prosecutors why they were late in disclosing evidence to the defense. The defense complained that the late disclosure of information relating to their witnesses just before the witnesses...
John Fossum argued the case of U.S. v Lemon today before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The case involves a question as to whether or not a search warrant was properly issued and if the search was legal. A link to the audio of the argument is available here....
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