Banner Image

This $75 million verdict wasn’t about the money

Our pro bono clients were wrongfully imprisoned for 31 years. We got them vindicated – and compensated - with the largest wrongful conviction verdict in U.S. history.

Introduction

Outcome

“I feel real good…. I thought we…got the point across to the jury,… I thought they saw our side,” said Brown. With the verdict and compensation, they are moving forward with their lives. “It feel[s] wonderful…to take a walk around the neighborhood,” said McCollum.

$75 M

verdict, the largest in U.S. history for a wrongful conviction

$31 M 

each for compensatory damages ($1 M for each year of prison)

$13 M

for punitive damages

Reference
  1. Aption soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus omnis voluptas assumenda est
  2. Lacinia quis vel eros donec acibh nisl condimentum id venenatisihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placea
  3. Est eligendi optio cumque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus omnis voluptas assumenda est.
  4. Cemque nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus omnis voluptas assumenda est.

Related contacts

Unser globales Beratungsteam

Case Studies