United States vs. Wesley Snipes
THERE ARE FEW LAWYERS IN AMERICA TODAY WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MORE NATIONAL SECURITY AND TERRORISM CHARGED CASES THAN LINDA MORENO. SHE HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT SUCCESSES IN HER DEFENSE OF THESE CASES AND A LIST OF HER CLIENTS PROVES THE POINT:
AFTER A 6-MONTH TRIAL, THE JURY REFUSED TO RETURN A SINGLE GUILTY VERDICT IN THE TRIAL OF DR. SAMI AL ARIAN, A CASE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CLAIMED WAS THE SEMINAL TEST OF THE PATRIOT ACT, A TEST THEY FAILED.
SHE RECENTLY WON A TRIAL WHERE THE GOVERNMENT ALLEGED HER 70 YEAR OLD CLIENT WAS THE HEAD OF A SECRET TALIBAN CELL IN SACRAMENTO. ALL CHARGES WERE DISMISSED AGAINST HIM.
HER REPRESENTATION OF AN INDICTED MUSLIM IN DETROIT TURNED THE CASE FROM ONE WHERE HER CLIENT WAS PORTRAYED AS AN IRAQI SPY, VULNERABLE TO A 25 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE, INTO SOMEONE THE COURT ACKNOWEDGED AS A HUMANITARIAN AND SENTENCED TO SERVE LESS THAN A YEAR IN PRISON.
SHE REPRESENTED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE HOLY LAND FOUNDATION.
SHE IS PART OF THE DEFENSE TEAM THAT RECENTLY WON THE ORDERED RELEASE OF MOHAMEDOU SALAHI, A GUANTANAMO DETAINEE WHO HAD BEEN TORTURED AND IMPRISONED FOR 10 YEARS.
SHE HAS BEEN RETAINED BY FOREIGN EMBASSIES, INCLUDING THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN AND THE EMBASSY OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, TO REPRESENT THEIR NATIONALS. SHE HAS ASSISTED AS A CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTANT IN NUMEROUS OTHER HIGH PROFILE CASES.
MS. MORENO IS ALSO SOUGHT AFTER AS A JURY CONSULTANT IN A VARIETY OF HIGH PROFILE CASES, INCLUDING THAT OF THE CASE OF JOSE PADILLA. SHE HAS CONSULTED AS AN EXPERT IN BRITISH COURT ON ANTI MUSLIM BIAS IN AMERICAN JURY TRIALS.
SHE IS AN INTERNATIONAL MEMBER OF THE PERREN BUILDINGS CHAMBERS IN LONDON, AN INNOVATIVE CHAMBERS OF HIGH QUALITY SOLICITOR ADVOCATES AND INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS.
MS. MORENO POSSESSES A CURRENT SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE.
PRACTICE JURISDICTIONS
SHE HAS PRACTICED EXCLUSIVELY IN CRIMINAL DEFENSE IN BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS FOR THREE DECADES. ALTHOUGH SHE IS BASED IN FLORIDA, MS. MORENO REPRESENTS CLIENTS AROUND THE UNITED STATES. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE STATE BARS OF CALIFORNIA AND OF FLORIDA, AND IS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BAR. SHE IS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN, AS WELL AS THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, FIRST CIRCUIT. SHE HAS APPEARED PRO HAC VICE BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN DISTRICTS OF NEW YORK, THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, THE NEW YORK SUPREME COURT, THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
MS. MORENO’S CASES HAVE INVOLVED ALL ASPECTS OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE PRACTICE IN FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS, INCLUDING GRAND JURY PRACTICE, BAIL HEARINGS, MOTIONS, TRIAL AND SENTENCE. MS. MORENO HAS TRIED COMPLEX WHITE COLLAR CASES, MAIL FRAUD, CONSPIRACY, TERRORISM, CAPITAL MURDER CASES, AND HANDLED MATTERS INVOLVING CIVIL LIBERTIES. IN ADDITION TO HER GENERAL PRACTICE, MS. MORENO IS FREQUENTLY RETAINED, BY ATTORNEYS AND CLIENTS, IN COMPLEX, HIGH PROFILE CASES TO ASSIST WITH JURY SELECTION. HER EXPERTISE IN JURY SELECTION HAS BEEN USED IN BRITISH COURTS ON THE ISSUE OF ANTI-MUSLIM BIAS IN AMERICAN JURY TRIALS.
PRESENTATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW CONFERENCE: STERNBERG REED SOLICITORS & 9 BEDFORD ROW, GRAY’S INN, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: 2013
- TERRORISM AND CROSS BORDER CRIME, STERNBERG REED SOLICITORS & 187 FLEET STREET, THE LAW SOCIETY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: 2013
- GUANTANAMO BAY & DIFFICULTIES FACED BY DEFENSE LAWYERS IN NATIONAL SECURITY CASES, DOUGHTY STREET CHAMBERS, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: 2013
- BERLIN BIENALLE, NEW WORLD SUMMIT, BERLIN GERMANY: 2012
- GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN-MUSLIM COMMUNITY POST 9/11 (2011)
- NACDL: REPRESENTING THE HATED CLIENT IN TERRORISM PROSECUTIONS (2008)
- FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS: TERRORISM
- PROSECUTION IN FEDERAL COURT: LESSONS LEARNED IN JURY SELECTION (2008)
- YALE COLLEGE OF LAW: CIVIL LIBERTIES IN NATIONAL SECURITY CASES (2009)
- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW: JURY SELECTION IN TERRORISM CASES
- NOBEL PEACE COMMITTEE, OSLO, NORWAY: UNITED STATES VS. AL-ARIAN
- LECTURES: TERRORISM, CIVIL RIGHTS AND JURY ISSUES (2005-2011)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: CIVIL RIGHTS IN TERRORISM
- PROSECUTIONS; MEDIA AND TERROR: IMPACT ON JURY SELECTION (2004)
- STETSON COLLEGE OF LAW: TERRORISM AND THE LAW (2003)
United States vs. Holy Land Foundation
LIST OF CASES
- 1. UNITED STATES vs. SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN
- 2. UNITED STATES vs. GHASSAN ELASHI, HOLY LAND FOUNDATION
- 3. UNITED STATES vs. ADHAM HASSOUN, JOSE PADILLA
- 4. UNITED STATES vs. AHMED MOHAMED
- 5. UNITED STATES vs. MUTHANNA AL HANOOTI
- 6. UNITED STATES vs. IARA, MARK SILJANDER
- 7. UNITED STATES vs. DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI
- 8. UNITED STATES vs. SHAKER AL MASRI
- 9. PEOPLE OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA vs. KHIALUDDIN NIAZI
- 10. UNITED STATES vs. MOHAMED MOHAMUD
- 11. UNITED STATES vs. SABIR HASANOFF
- 12. UNITED STATES vs. NEVINE ALY ELSHIEKH
- 13. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA vs. MOHAMED ABDELGANY
- (IRVINE 11)
- 14. UNITED STATES vs. CRAIG BAXAM
- 15. MOHAMEDOU SALAHI vs. BARACK OBAMA
- 16. UNITED STATES vs. ADEL ABDUL BARY
- 17. UNITED STATES vs. WESLEY SNIPES
MEDIA
MS. MORENO HAS BEEN FEATURED OFTEN IN THE LOCAL MEDIA AND HAS APPEARED ON NPR, WMNF, WBAI, BBC WORLD, DEMOCRACY NOW, ABC, NBC, CBS, AL JAZEERA, AND IN THE PAGES OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, CHICAGO HERALD TRIBUNE, MIAMI HERALD, ST.PETERSBURG TIMES, LOS ANGELES TIMES, TAMPA TRIBUNE, THE WASHINGTON POST , THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL, AND THE DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW.
MS. MORENO IS AN INTERNATIONAL MEMBER OF PERREN BUILDINGS CHAMBERS
15 OLD BAILEY, LONDON. WWW.PERRENBUILDING
MS. MORENO HAS A SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE
MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA BAR AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE BAR
MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT BAR
