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Civilian & Officer
Self-Defense

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The self-defense standard does not care what the defendant wore to work, but the analysis must: civilian and officer cases carry different training baselines and different records. Both get the same discipline.

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The Scope

What this covers.

Within this engagement

  • Civilian self-defense
  • Police-officer self-defense
  • Defense of another person
  • Reasonable belief of imminent harm
  • Threat assessment on the totality of the circumstances
How it is analyzed

The incident record, witness statements, any video, and for officer cases the training file, weighed on necessity, proportionality and the reasonable-belief standard.

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From the Record

Related casework.

Criminal defense

State v. Clark

Multnomah County Circuit Court, Oregon

Self-defense testimony for the defense; not guilty on all counts.

Case accounts as published by retaining counsel. No result is promised for any other matter.

From the Library

Working references for this practice area.

Guides for retaining counsel, written from the same record this analysis reads.

Asked OftenStand Your Ground vs. Self-Defense: The DifferenceRead the guideAsked OftenWhat Is the Castle Doctrine?Read the guideThe LexiconSelf-Defense Terms: A Litigator's LexiconRead the guide

The Library, in full

Questions

Before the record is sent.

Does he work these for the prosecution or the defense?
These retentions come from the defense bar in criminal matters and from counsel in civil self-defense cases. Every engagement starts with a conflict check.
What does retention cost?
A non-refundable $9,000 flat fee covering discovery review and the written expert report, with a bullet-point outline approved with counsel before writing begins. The full published schedule is on the For Counsel page.
Retain

Send the incident record.

Attorney and law-firm inquiries only. Conflicts are checked before anything substantive, and you will hear about a conflict immediately.

Self-defense inquiry

For counsel with a civilian or officer self-defense matter.

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