US EditionFamily of Alex Pretti retains lawyers who helped prosecute the George Floyd case
Alex Pretti's family hired Steve Schleicher, former Derek Chauvin prosecutor, amid concerns over Border Patrol officers' use of force during a filming incident.
- On Saturday, Michael and Susan Pretti retained attorney Steve Schleicher to represent them pro bono after their son Alex Pretti was shot while filming Border Patrol, while younger sister Micayla Pretti hired attorney Anthony Cotton separately.
- On Saturday, Alex Pretti, 37, intensive care nurse at Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was shot multiple times while filming Border Patrol officers during an immigration enforcement operation; videos appear to show one officer remove his legally permitted handgun before two others opened fire.
- The retained lawyer previously served as Steve Schleicher, partner at Maslon and former special prosecutor in the Derek Chauvin trial, with 13 years at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota and service in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General Corps.
- The response mixes local and out-of-state lawyers, with Michael and Susan Pretti hiring Minneapolis counsel while Micayla Pretti retained Anthony Cotton of Kuchler & Cotton in Milwaukee to protect their interests.
- Pretti's death followed the Jan. 7 death of Minneapolis resident Renee Good, whose family hired Romanucci & Blandin, Chicago law firm that represented the George Floyd family.
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Alex Pretti’s family hires lawyer from George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesota's attorney general convict the police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck of murder. Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Centre, was shot multiple times on Saturday as he was filming Border Patrol officers conducting an immigration enforcement operation. Steve Schleicher, a partner at the Minneapolis firm Maslon, is an experie…
Alex Pretti’s Family Hires Attorneys Connected To George Floyd
by Mariane Angela at CDN - Days following Alex Pretti’s death, his family hired high-profile attorneys with direct ties to the prosecution of Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd case. The parents of the 37-year-old intensive care nurse retained Steve Schleicher, a veteran litigator and former federal prosecutor. Schleicher helped Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison convict former police officer Chauvin for … Click to read the rest HERE-> Alex…
The family of the shooting victim Alex Pretti has hired the same lawyer who helped get George Floyd's killer convicted.
After Minneapolis shooting, Pretti family turns to lawyer from George Floyd case
The parents of Alex Pretti have retained a former federal prosecutor who helped Minnesotas attorney general convict the police officer who kneeled on George Floyds neck of murder.Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was shot multiple times on Saturday as he was filming Border Patrol officers conducting an immigration enforcement operation. Steve Schleicher, a partner at the Minneapolis firm Maslon, is an experien…
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