People seek anti-stalking orders (ASOs) in Washington, D.C. for many different reasons. Some petitions involve conduct that legitimately falls within the protections provided by the ASO statute. Others arise from interpersonal disputes that, while frustrating or upsetting, do not satisfy
At some point, there will be a reckoning. The reckoning may be a public one: Judges and lawyers hauled before the D.C. bar to face potential disciplinary proceedings.It may also be a purely private reckoning. It may be looking into the
The government’s case was problematic from the outset.
Ring cameras do not lie. Body-worn cameras do not lie. CCTV footage does not lie. Phone records do not lie.
The physical evidence gathered by our investigator, Robert Kapler, overwhelmingly demonstrated
Domestic-violence allegations in D.C. Superior Court often trigger two parallel proceedings: a criminal case and a civil case for a Civil Protection Order (CPO) or Anti-Stalking Order (ASO). One incident can therefore produce two separate tracks—one criminal and one
The government has dismissed charges against one of our clients in a hit-and-run case. Our client was accused of leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury without calling police or providing identifying information. We were able to produce
If you are the Respondent in a civil protection order case, everyone else involved in the proceedings will want you to agree to a “consent CPO without admissions.” With 30 to 40 cases on the docket each day, the court
Resisting arrest charges against a Koehler Law client were dismissed recently by the government. This was after our trusty investigator Robert Kapler secured surveillance recordings that conclusively disproved the claims of Secret Service officers. As I often tell Robert, sometimes
I received notice the other day that my criminal defense blog – the Koehler Law blog – has been included as a top 100 legal blog by Feedspot. This is an honor. I know that many such honors are extended
The D.C. Court of Appeals has struck down as unconstitutional the District’s ban on high capacity magazines for firearms. Specifically, the court found recently in Benson v. United States, 2026 D.C. App. LEXIS 80, that the prohibition against magazines
Back when I was a public defender in Philadelphia, we used to do back-to-back trials in the misdemeanor courtroom. On my best day, I had two “not guilty” verdicts, one right after the other. This feat drew grudging praise from
