Rebecca LeGrand Secures Acquittal for Investigator Wrongly Charged with Obstruction of Justice

Rebecca LeGrand represented an investigator charged with obstruction of justice in a high profile case in the District of Maryland. Her client was acquitted after a three-week federal jury trial.

Rebecca co-authored an editorial in The National Law Review discussing the case, and raising alarm bells over the broader implications of a prosecution based on an investigator working with an attorney to collect evidence on behalf of a client. “[I]t is not for us to rule out evidence that some may regard as untrustworthy if it could benefit a client,” the article explains, “We are lawyers, not judges; this means we’re required to pursue our clients’ interests.” The National Law Review.