Washington State Child Sex Abuse Attorneys Experienced at Getting Your Life Back for You
Seattle Child Abuse Attorneys Experienced Defending Against False Allegations of Child Sex Abuse, Child Molestation, Rape of a Child, and Assault of a Child
Not much is as frightening as being accused of child abuse. The revulsion people feel about child abuse can override the presumption of innocence and even simple fairness. To a person accused, it can feel that life has stopped . . . and may never restart.
But the accused can get justice. For sixteen years top Seattle child abuse defense attorney David S. Marshall and his team have been getting it for them—as many of them report here. This record is the reason other lawyers refer their clients to David and his team. Child abuse defense is the work to which they have dedicated themselves. They defend child abuse cases throughout Washington State—in Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Spokane, Everett, Vancouver, and other cities and towns; in King, Snohomish, Pierce, Kitsap, and other counties; and in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and other regions of the United States.
Their dedication to child abuse defense means more than fighting for their clients in court. It also means keeping up to date on developments around the world in law, psychology, and medicine that concern child abuse allegations. At this site you'll find some of those developments, as well as a lot about how the best child abuse defense lawyers work.
From Our Case Files
False Memories Abound in Child Sex Abuse Trial
"Now everyone has a false memory." Thus did the prosecutor caricature my closing argument in his rebuttal argument.
Seed and Soil: Why Billy Accused Max
Usually when a child incorrectly alleges that he has been molested, someone close to him—or the child himself—has something to gain from the accusation.
A "Shaken Baby" Case Study: Judge Reverses CPS Decision That Woman Assaulted Infant
A Washington state woman's care of her foster infant has been vindicated by an administrative law judge.
News & Events
Tue May 28 2013
Dept. of Justice Updates Protocol on Sexual Assault Medical Exams
This 135-page manual advises health care providers on the conduct of forensic medical exams in cases of reported sexual assault.
Tue May 28 2013
Washington State to Compensate the Wrongfully Convicted
The human face on the problem that legislators saw just before passage was that of Alan Northrop, who did 17 years for a rape.
Mon April 22 2013
States Criminalize Intentionally False Reports of Child Abuse
More than half the states of the nation have made it a crime to make a child abuse report one knows or believes to be false.
Mon April 22 2013
Prosecutor Arrested for Misconduct in Wrongful Conviction Case
The prosecutor in the notorious Michael Morton murder case in Texas has been arrested for choosing to conceal evidence exculpating Morton.
State v. Lindy Deer (2012)
Washington Volition Decision Reversed
The Washington Supreme Court has held that the prosecution need not prove volition in a child rape case.
State v. Lawson (2012)
Oregon Eyewitness ID Case Has Implications for Child Witnesses
A landmark decision of the Oregon Supreme Court provides bases for new challenges to the admissibility of some children's statements and testimony.
Mon January 14 2013
Toddler's Eyewitness Account Ignored in Notorious Texas Case
A wrongful murder conviction occurred in part because a three-year-old boy's eyewitness account of the murder was ignored by police.
Tue Apr 13 2010
David Marshall Honored by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
Named as one of the top criminal defense attorneys in King County.