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Feb 28

Video: Stew Estes successfully defends trial victory in the Ninth Circuit
Watch Stewart Estes successfully convince the Ninth Circuit to affirm his defense verdict in Galina Medvedeva v. City of Kirkland. This was the first case to go to trial in the entire circuit post-Sheehan v. San Francisco on the issue whether the ADA applies to the arrest of a mentally ill person.
https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/view_video.php?pk_vid=0000012792
“It was very apparent to me that Stew's skillful representation of our officers was personal to him, they were more than simply another client”
Bill Hamilton, Interim Chief of Police, Kirkland Police Department