November 2008
Schertler & Onorato prevails over the Department of Justice Tax Division in an appeal before the District of Columbia Circuit Court. In a seminal decision from the District of Columbia Circuit, the Court agreed with the position of Schertler & Onorato on behalf of its client, and upheld the decision of the Honorable Henry M. Kennedy, Jr. to depart downward from the United States Sentencing Guidelines and sentence our client to probation.
September 2008
David Schertler was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in the United States. The College is composed of the best trial attorneys from the United States and Canada and membership is extended by invitation only after a careful and thorough investigation, to experienced trial laywers who have practiced for at least 15 years and who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.
August 2008
Mark Schamel successfully challenges debarment of government official and has client removed from the Government Service Agency (GSA) Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). The firm client is now able to resume his government contracting consulting business.
August 2008
Schertler & Onorato succeeds in obtaining dismissal of all charges in attempted first degree murder case in Charles County, Maryland. All charges stemming from an April shooting were dismissed against client represented by Mark Schamel.
July 2008
Schertler & Onorato attorney Mark Schamel wins civil domestic violence trial in The Superior Court for the District of Columbia.
July 2008
Robert J. Spagnoletti was sworn in as the 37th president of the D.C. Bar at its Annual Business Meeting and Awards Dinner on June 26 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
Read the article: D.C. Bar Inaugurates Spagnoletti, Bestows Honors at Annual Dinner.
View photos of the D.C. Bar Inauguration.
April 2008
After a seven-week jury trial in federal court in Washington, D.C., David Schertler, Habib Ilahi and Jasmin Mize obtained a complete acquittal for their client, a former executive of PurchasePro.com, with respect to charges of violations of the securities laws brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This civil trial was related to earlier criminal charges brought against the same client by the Department of Justice, all of which were dismissed.
April 2008
All criminal charges dismissed against client charged with vehicular manslaughter, Mark Schamel and Veronica Jennings represented a client facing charges stemming from a traffic fatality in Montgomery County, Maryland. Three weeks prior to trial, all charges were dropped.
March 2008
Mark Schamel and Veronica Jennings obtained dismissal of attempted first degree murder charges in Montgomery County, Maryland. Schertler & Onorato’s client was charged with attempted first degree murder and related assault and weapons charges following a shooting. Our client received a probationary misdemeanor reckless endangerment charge.
March 2008
David Schertler has been named by Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Washington, DC for 2008. Only five percent of the lawyers in the Washington, D.C. area are named by Super Lawyers.
February 2008
Schertler & Onorato obtains release for client being held on attempted first degree murder charges following a shooting at a party in suburban Maryland. Following a contested hearing at which the government alleged that our client should be held pending trial for disabling his GPS monitoring device, Mark Schamel secured our client’s release.
February 2008
After a month-long jury trial in the Eastern District of North Carolina, David Schertler, Habib Ilahi and Claire Clark were successful in obtaining a complete acquittal on all 15 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and fraud charges brought against a Washington, D.C. securities lawyer, who, if convicted, faced over 20 years under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. Two other codefendants were convicted in the case and the Government had secured guilty pleas from three other codefendants, who cooperated with the Government at trial.
January 2008
Robert Spagnoletti and Habib Ilahi successfully defended an entity affiliated with a leading business development company (BDC) in the U.S. that invests private debt and equity capital in middle market businesses nationwide, by securing a dismissal of all claims in an action filed under the federal False Claims Act (FCA) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.