Constitutional Law
Our constitutional law practice is primarily focused on the following areas:
- 1st Amendment
- Freedom of Religion, State funding discrimination against religious schools, Conscience objections to laws and mandates, Religious Objections to anti-discrimination laws
- Freedom of Speech, Student speech on and off campus, Teaching staff speech on and off campus, Curriculum objections
- Freedom of the Press, Journalist Assaults and arrests during protest coverage, political intimidation
- Freedom of Assembly, arrests during protests
- Right to Petition the Government
- 2nd Amendment
- Restrictions on carrying in public
- Restrictions on specific groups such as felons, domestic violence orders, and age
- Fourth Amendment
- Illegal Search and Seizure
- Police Excessive Force
- Fifth Amendment
- Taking of Property
- Due Process violations
- Eight Amendment
- Prison/Jail Abuse,
- Excessive force,
- Medical Neglect,
- Extended Solitary Confinement, and
- Failure to Protect
Civil Rights
Our civil rights practice is primarily focused on the following areas:
- Race Discrimination
- Age Discrimination
- Disability Discrimination
- Religious Discrimination
Criminal Defense
If you know that you definitely want to take your case to trial, the Vindex Law, PC is prepared to guide you through the trial process, whether your case is a complex constitutional issue or a high stakes criminal defense case. A trial, whether to the court or a jury, can be an intimidating and daunting tasks. Trials and preparation for trial are filled with long frustrating periods of inactivity that give way to bursts of flurries of activity with strict and stringent deadlines.
Trials are proceeding by various pretrial motions, some motions are standard while others are specific to your case. Our team thoroughly evaluates all the discovery in your case to determine what types of evidentiary and non-evidentiary motions to file in order to provide you with the best opportunity for a successful outcome. We can anticipate the motions the opposing party will file and be prepared for them in advance because of our previous trial experience. We are ready to provide a steady guiding hand to you to get you through the stressful periods of activity and to the other side of a favorable judgment.
Contact the Vindex Law, PC if you know for sure that you want to go to trial for an evaluation of your your case at 573-689-8529. We offer a flat fee schedule that makes the out of pocket cost known to you beforehand so that while you’re in trial you can focus on your case and not coming up with additional funds to maintain your legal representation.
Vindex Law, PC's criminal defense practice focuses on the following:
- Missouri State Court:
- White Collar Crimes such as Fraud and Embezzlement,
- Driving under the Influence (DUI),
- DUI Reinstatement,
- Simple Assault (not Domestic Violence),
- Fake IDs,
- Minor in Possession,
- Disorderly Conduct,
- Gun Possession and Licensing Cases, and
- CDL tickets
- Federal Cases in both the Eastern District of Missouri and the Wester District of Missouri
- All criminal charges with the exception of those involving child victims.
Civil Appeals
Civil appeals require appellate experience and a fresh perspective when reviewing a case and assessing the merits of an appeal. Having a fresh perspective allows us to objectively assess possible avenues of appellate relief – free of the emotion and theories of the case on the part of the trial lawyer and client who were unsuccessful at trial.
If your case was important enough to take to trial, it is important enough to be studied by someone acquainted with and sensitive to the particulars of the appeal. Contact us to discuss your legal options.
We accept civil appeals statewide in all civil cases, in Missouri and South Dakota as well as Federal Appeals in the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals from Federal District Courts in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
Lawyers who receive adverse decisions from lower courts might assume they are best qualified to appeal the decision because they “know the case better than anyone else.” But the case such lawyers “know” is the one that did not prevail. And because such lawyers have been so close to a case, they usually have difficulty “pulling back” to see significant problems with the lower court decision, which problems are often fundamental.
An appeal is not merely another stage of litigation or “another bite of the apple”; rather, it is a different arena with its own set of extensive rules. Therefore, an appeal needs the fresh, objective perspective of an experienced appellate lawyer who has good analytic skills and writes well. Vindex Law, PC has such qualifications.
Criminal Appeals
If you have lost a criminal trial or received an excessive sentence following a guilty plea in Missouri State Court of a Federal District Court in the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals from a Federal District Court in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota, we can help. Just because the judge or the jury reached the wrong decision does not necessarily mean your case is over. Our criminal appeals attorneys have the skill and expertise to help you fight to get back into court and undo a wrongful conviction or excessive sentence. A loss in the trial court can seem devastating at the time, but that does not mean it is the end of the battle. If you or a loved one lost or pleaded guilty in a criminal case at the trial level and are unhappy with the outcome, our firm will aggressively fight for you. Our firm is dedicated and understanding, and we can provide the skillful representation and experience it requires to win a criminal appeal and get you back into court.
We have the experience and expertise necessary to identify errors in the record that could help you get the justice you deserve and undo a bad outcome in your case. If your case was originally handled by another criminal law firm, we will carefully scrutinize the trial record, transcripts, evidence, and any other relevant documents for mistakes that could help you in the appellate court.
Winning a criminal appeal can help you get your life, freedom, and reputation back, and it’s important to move quickly. There are strict deadlines for filing an appeal which begin to expire within as few as ten days of sentencing. If those deadlines are not met, you could lose your appellate rights forever.
