Self-Defense · Deadly & Non-Deadly Force
Deadly &
Deadly &
Non-Deadly Force
Proportionality is the spine of every self-defense case: what level of force the threat justified, and what level answered it. The analysis explains that match, or mismatch, in language a jury can carry into deliberation.
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The Scope
What this covers.
Within this engagement
- Deadly-force self-defense
- Non-deadly-force self-defense
- Murder, manslaughter, assault and battery cases
- Firearm and weapons cases
- Proportionality and necessity of force
How it is analyzed
The confrontation reconstructed from statements, video and scene records, with the threat and the response laid side by side against the reasonable-belief standard.
Engagement terms and the published fee schedule: For Retaining Counsel →
“He explained use of force and self-defense in a manner the jury easily understood. His testimony was an integral factor in achieving a not guilty verdict.”Michael A. Blanchard, Attorney at Law · New London, CT
Questions
Before the record is sent.
What case types use this analysis?
Murder and attempted-murder cases involving self-defense, manslaughter, assault and battery, and firearm or weapons cases, criminal and civil.
What does retention cost?
A non-refundable retainer of $8,000–$9,000 covering 29–33 hours of discovery review, report writing and conferences at $275 per hour. Most reports are completed within the retainer. The full published schedule is on the For Counsel page.
Retain
Send the force record.
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