Burrell Counsel

01/17/2023

Great outcome for my client.

Kevin Cramer Jr. had been arrested during an October climate protest

03/02/2022

Out for Justice and Baltimore Action Legal Team are excited to present Lawyer Up! This month's session will be held Thursday, March 10 via Zoom.

07/20/2021

The D.C. sports bar issued a statement Friday listing actions it has taken to regain community trust amid ongoing protests and criticism.

06/19/2021

Burrell Counsel and The Hollimon Firm, LLC are representing Mr. Dewitt in this lawsuit https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/man-files-suit-after-fight-with-off-duty-deputy-at-maryland-bar/2705786/?fbclid=IwAR05WMon1jC4c542A7PTkT_bzOing2MYz9FyVFKMGZa_i4trZw4i-nh9uSQ

A man who admitted to stabbing the deputy says authorities aren’t telling the whole story about what happened. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

06/18/2021

"In a statement, Young's attorney Brandon Burrell said, "Just as one can defend one's self, the law allows one to defend others that are in imminent danger of bodily harm."

Burrell claimed multiple security guards and other staff members were assaulting Young's cousin at the top of the stairs when she jumped in to protect him."

The attorney for Keisha Young said his client was trying to protect her cousin moments before she was dragged down the stairs at Nellie's Sports Bar.

06/15/2021

Charges against Ashanti Smith were dismissed today. She should have never been prosecuted for clearly defending herself.

D.C. police charged two women with simple assault after an altercation that led to a Black special police officer punching a white supporter of President Donald Trump, an incident caught in a video that went viral. The licensed, unarmed officer, Ashanti Smith, says she was acting in self-defense. .....

06/15/2021

“During Pride weekend in D.C., security at a well known gay bar forcibly removed a Black woman by dragging her down a flight of stairs. Video of the incident went viral on social media, and now some locals are protesting and boycotting Nellie’s Sports Bar located at 900 U Street NW. “

The family of patron Keisha Young is now pursuing a civil claim. Locals are also calling on D.C. to protest and boycott Nellie’s Sports Bar.

05/05/2021

"new DNA evidence found on the murder weapon and a bloody shirt, surfaced via the Innocence Project and ACLU that revealed an unknown man’s genetic material and fingerprints."

Ledell Lee was wrongfully convicted of murder back in 1995. On April 20, 2017 the state of Arkansas executed Ledell Lee, a 51-year-old Blytheville native was convicted of the murder of his neighbor Debra Reese in 1995. Lee, 30 years old at the time, maintained his innocence until his death. On Frid

05/04/2021

Terrance Parker didn’t point the gun at the officers and the woman. They lied. The police also never gave any command to drop the gun. What crime did he commit by being in possession of a firearm in a residence? The Second Amendment doesn’t apply to everyone.

Police were investigating an alleged domestic dispute when Terrance Maurice Parker brandished a gun, which city officials say he pointed at an officer.

04/04/2021

Time to take another look at the cases this crime lab touched.

The lab’s DNA unit temporarily suspended its DNA analysis in 2016 following questions by examiners

03/12/2021

A Michigan man is suing a car rental company for failing to produce in a timely manner a receipt that would have proved his innocence long before he was convicted of a 2011 murder

02/25/2021

Public courtrooms need to be open and completely transparent.

Average Marylanders ought to get a first-hand look at what happens in court proceedings without media bias.