Results

Kelly Keegan’s client had his firearm seized by the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Police Department. He was legally allowed to possess firearms and the firearm was not subject to any kind of forfeiture or evidence seizure. Kelly wrote the Police Department, informing them that they had no basis to hold the firearm and requesting its return. The Police Department promptly complied and the firearm was given back to her client.

Kelly’s client was charged with and convicted of Felony Theft after he walked out of a store with a rifle without purchasing it. The offense was an isolated period in the client’s otherwise law-abiding life. The client was a veteran, Eagle Scout, and father. Before his offense, he had a long history involving firearms and hunting, and longed to return to those activities. Kelly petitioned the Court for restoration of her client’s firearm rights, but received a strong objection from the Washington County Attorney’s Office. Kelly presented a compelling case, and ultimately the Judge agreed with Kelly and granted her client’s petition.

Kelly’s client was arrested in the City of Anoka nearly thirty years earlier for Disorderly Conduct. Though court records of the case had since been destroyed, the conviction still showed up on background checks. This continually raised questions when the client, a business owner, applied for various licenses. Kelly determined which agencies still held records of the arrest and conviction and sought an expungement for the client. After she was able to get the prosecutor to agree to the petition, the expungement was granted.

When Kelly’s client got into a fight at a bar, he was later charged with Misdemeanor Fifth Degree Assault, Misdemeanor Disorderly Conduct, and Misdemeanor Trespassing. Kelly’s client maintained that he was not the instigator. Kelly investigated the case thoroughly and communicated extensively with the prosecutor. After several negotiations, Kelly was able to secure for her client a Continuance for Dismissal, meaning that after one year of no same or similar offenses, the charges would be dismissed.

Kelly’s client was convicted of Felony Fourth Degree Controlled Substance Crime after he sold mushrooms to an undercover police officer. The conviction was later dropped to a misdemeanor, but it resulted in the loss of the client’s firearm rights. The client had no further involvement with law enforcement. He graduated from college, built his own company, started a family, and became an upstanding member of his community. Kelly demonstrated his rehabilitation to the Court, petitioning for his firearm rights to be restored. After presenting background information to the prosecutor, they agreed not to object to the client's petition. Thus, at the hearing, the Court restored the client's gun rights. He can now move on from this offense and return to his family tradition of hunting.