Personal Injury Litigation

Intimate Partner Violence: Giving Power Back to the Victims

January 28, 2019 | The Law Office of Michael F. Pezzulli, PLLC

domestic violence victim stands up to attacker in landmark Dallas civil trial victory

by Michael F. Pezzulli

Recently I represented and tried a case on behalf of a young woman who had been the victim of a horrific attack by her ex-boyfriend. The facts of the case revealed that over the course of an attack that lasted hours, the ex-boyfriend violently raped her, inflicting knife wounds requiring nearly 500 stitches. The attack was so brutal that the blows to her face left many of the bones in her face broken. When the paramedics arrived, they believed she was dead.

The problem is not isolated. It is so pervasive that the CDC, (Centers for Disease Control), actually has a division of Violence Prevention, and has studied the problem extensively. The CDC monitors the problem closely and recently updated its findings in its National Intimate Partner and Sexual violence Survey.

Where Have All the Gunslingers Gone?

June 19, 2016 | The Law Office of Michael F. Pezzulli, PLLC

cowboy hat and gun
by Michael Pezzulli¹

In the United States, one of the great defining aspects of this country is the constitutional right to a jury trial. Nearly all-civil jury trials and ninety percent of criminal jury trials on the planet take place in the United States.²

The most stunning and successful experiment in direct popular sovereignty in all history is the American jury. Properly constrained by its duty to follow the law, the requirement of jury unanimity, and evidentiary rules, the American jury has served the republic well for over two hundred years. It is the New England town meeting writ large. It is as American as rock ‘n’ roll.

A Practical Guide to Presenting and Defending a Spoliation of Evidence Case

July 1, 1998 | The Law Office of Michael F. Pezzulli, PLLC

By Michael F. Pezzulli and Charles J. Fortunato Spoliation of Evidence

2016 American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Tort & Insurance Section

Spoliation of evidence seems to be on the rise. But the emergence of case law on the subject has made it easier to identify and address the problem.