By Kenny, Burns & McGill | Published February 19, 2024 | Posted in Criminal Defense, Firm News | Tagged Tags: Gun, Manslaughter, Philadelphia, Probation |
The team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is pleased to announce that one of our clients has been released from jail 60 days ahead of schedule, thanks to the talented work of Attorneys Eileen Burns and Thomas Kenny. Our client was involved in the accidental discharge of a firearm which led to the tragic death Read More
Read MoreAt Kenny, Burns & McGill, we pride ourselves on our capacity for aggressive criminal defense. Our passionate and knowledgeable attorneys are not afraid to directly question law enforcement and in court. We recently had a client come to us who had been arrested and was being held on $750,000 bail. This client had serious charges Read More
Read MoreThe personal injury team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is very pleased to announce that a settlement of nearly $500,000 has been secured for our clients who were assaulted at a Philadelphia amusement facility. Our clients were enjoying their time at a local attraction until they were approached by the facility’s security officers. This interaction Read More
Read MoreThe District Court of Southern Mississippi has recently released a decision with interesting implications for felons who either desire to own a gun or who have gotten in trouble for owning a gun. Up until now, the United States’ courts have held that the Second Amendment only applies to people who are “virtuous, law-abiding citizens” Read More
Read MoreThe team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is happy to announce that a $175,000 personal injury settlement has been secured for one of our clients who was badly injured at work. This client, who we’ll call Ms. Marsha Rosen, worked for a company in Philadelphia that rented space in a large office building. The office Read More
Read MoreOn June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States released its opinion for the case Counterman v. Colorado. This decision regards speech that can be considered harassing or threatening, and it helps clarify when this type of speech is or is not protected by the First Amendment. The Supreme Court decided that harassing Read More
Read MoreAttention, everyone with a phone line! Some phone scammers in the area are pretending to be law enforcement officers, claiming that someone might have a warrant out for their arrest, and demanding that the person pay a fee or risk going to jail. These scammers are weaponizing law enforcement tactics against unsuspecting members of the Read More
Read MoreThe Criminal Defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is pleased to announce that a client’s bail was successfully negotiated from $600,000 all the way down to just $100,000; a $500,000 decrease! We’ll call our client Mr. Marco Gleason. In the span of just a few minutes, Mr. Gleason went from going about his life Read More
Read MoreThe Criminal Defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill is happy to share that through diligent investigation and argument, a client’s firearm charge was successfully quashed. To “quash” something in the legal world means that a court has decided that the decision of a lower legal body is invalid. In this case, the client was Read More
Read MoreThe criminal defense team at Kenny, Burns & McGill are proud to announce that all of a client’s unsubstantiated RICO charges have been dropped! “RICO” refers to the RICO Act and stands for “Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations.” The RICO Act is a federal law that targets organized crime by making it illegal for people Read More
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