In some ways accusations of sex offense are the scariest to defend because on the surface they appear to boil down to “she said – he said”. But we have learned favorable evidence can be found when we investigate early and thoroughly. We seek the following things as quickly as we can from our client and any witnesses:
We have learned that the skills from years of defending sex offense cases in state criminal court translate to defending college sexual misconduct cases. We immediately request the college to preserve and download data and information such as:
We also try like hell to interview as many students as possible who encountered the accuser and the person accused on the night of the event, as well as the day before and day after. (We hire intrepid private investigators who are good at getting witnesses to open up and talk.)
We have found that by doing this strong investigation, we can put together a timeline of events and communications that give context to what really happened.
The main problem with college campus sexual misconduct cases in today’s world is that the college employees are trained to start by believing the accuser, period.
We have figured out how to fight back against this presumption of guilt.
Call Chris Fialko at
704-458-5415
Email him at chris.fialko@fialko-law.com
We do not charge for initial meeting.