Washington State Child Sex Abuse Attorneys Expert 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

Top Seattle Child Abuse Defense Attorney David S. Marshall 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 fifteen years top Seattle child abuse defense attorney David S. Marshall and his team have been getting it for them. Their record is the reason other lawyers refer their clients to them. 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.

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News & Events

Fri January 20 2012

Coerced Confession to Child Murder Thrown Out

When police use coercion in an interrogation, an innocent person can be convicted of a heinous crime—such as the murder of a child.

Aleman v. Village of Hanover Park (2011)

7th Circuit Recognizes Irrelevance of Shaken Baby Confession

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held a confession made in a shaken baby case legally useless.

State v. Ramirez-Estevez (2011)

Excited Utterances Cannot Come Two Years Later

A girl's statements she was raped two or three years earlier may not be admitted in evidence as excited utterances.

Tue Apr 13 2010

David Marshall Honored by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine

Named as one of the top criminal defense attorneys in King County.

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