Recent Civil & Criminal Case Results

Client was charged with 12 counts of Failure to Pay Over Payroll Tax, violations of 26 U.S.C. § 7202. He was facing up to 5 years in federal prison for each of the 12 counts against him. At the conclusion of this five-day trial, the jury found our client not guilty of all charges.

Chris Lewis + Associates was hired to represent a woman who shot her husband four times in the chest, killing him. This criminal charge is a first-degree felony and carries a punishment range of up to life in prison. The State’s best offer prior to trial was 40 years in prison, which we rejected.

After a 3-week trial, the jury refused to find our client guilty of murder. Instead, the jury found her guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, a crime for which our client could have received up to 20 years in prison. The jury listened to all the evidence and sentenced our client to probation only – no prison time.

We sued a daycare and its owner for their negligence which resulted in the death of a 7-month-old child who was under their care and supervision. During the trial, we showed how the daycare violated published standards for daycare facilities – and those violations directly led to death of our clients’ young son. The jury considered all the evidence and returned a verdict of $142,000,000 – one of the largest ever in Dallas County.

We represented a tow-truck operator who was removing a disabled vehicle from the shoulder of an interstate highway. As our client was loading the vehicle onto his truck, an 18-wheeler crossed over the fog line and struck our client with his tractor-trailer, killing him. The trucking company failed to take responsibility, and we were forced to try this case to a federal jury in Dallas. The jury deliberated and returned a unanimous verdict for our client in the amount of $6.1 million.

Chris Lewis + Associates represented the owners/officers of a bankrupt Central Texas healthcare system. The bankruptcy trustee sued our clients in federal court for $93 million dollars. The lawsuit alleged our clients breached fiduciary duties to the company and fraudulently transferred more than $23 million to themselves when they knew or should have known the company was insolvent. After a week-long trial, the jury deliberated less than 2.5 hours before returning a complete verdict for our clients — awarding $0 to the other side.

Client was charged in a federal indictment for knowingly and willfully threatening to shoot Hillary Clinton, who was running for President at the time and was a Secret Service protectee. Client was arrested at a hotel where law enforcement discovered the client’s recorded statements about his intent and multiple firearms.

Our team filed a motion to suppress the evidence, arguing that law enforcement illegally entered our client’s hotel room, by failing to get a warrant, and illegally arrested our client. After a two-day hearing, the federal judge granted our motion. As a result of all their evidence being suppressed, the Government was forced to dismiss all charges against our client, and he was released from custody.

Our client, an accountant for an information technology consulting company, was charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud. He and several other white collar defendants were accused of conspiring to misuse the H-1B visa for their own financial gain. The government alleged that our client conspired to recruit foreign workers with computer experience who wanted to work in the United States and then refused to pay them until the workers were placed with a third-party – a scheme known as “benching.” Our client and others were charged with actively recruiting H-1B workers and then “benching” them.

The client faced up to 10 years in a federal prison. After considerable diligence and a lot of hard work, we were able to get all the federal charges dismissed.

Chris Lewis + Associates represented a client who was charged with UPF – Felon and was facing up to 10 years in prison. The State’s best offer prior to trial was 7 years in prison. After five days of testimony, the jury deliberated and acquitted our client – finding him not guilty of this third-degree felony.

Client was accused of impersonating a police officer by initiating traffic stops and pretending to be an undercover cop. He was facing up to 10 years in prison for this third-degree felony. After hearing four days of testimony and closing arguments, the jury found our client “not guilty” of the charges against him.

Chris’s client was accused of exposing himself to a girl who was with her mother in the fitness center of an apartment complex. After three days of testimony, hearing testimony from many witnesses, and reviewing security footage from the fitness center, this Collin County jury deliberated and found our client “Not Guilty” of the charges against him.

Chris’ client was accused of beating up his fiancé, although he is the one who called the police. When the police arrived, the officers spoke with our client for less than five minutes before speaking with his fiancé. After speaking with the fiancé for more than half an hour, our client was arrested for Assault/Family Violence. During the second day of trial, and after being caught in many lies during Chris’ cross-examination, the District Attorney’s Office made the decision that they could no longer support the testimony of the fiancé and dismissed the case.

Our client was arrested and charged with murder after shooting and killing an individual who first pulled a firearm on him during an altercation. Despite this being a clear case of self-defense, the detective filed the case against our client and was successful in getting our client indicted. Our defense team conducted a thorough investigation, interviewed witnesses, obtained video evidence of the shooting, and presented the case for self-defense to the trial court prosecutor. The prosecution agreed with our position and dismissed the case.