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The ZMO Law PLLC and the Law Offices of Daniel A. McGuinness P.C. sued high-ranking officials of the NY State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision for permitting the sexual assault of five female inmates and covering up those assaults.

“This is a once-in-a-career case,” explained Margulis-Ohnuma in closing arguments.

“The chains have come off. God has taken them off and said, ‘Okay, son, now you are free,’” says Marguils-Ohnuma client Felipe Rodriguez, about how it feels to be exonerated for a murder 30 years later.

Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma, in coordination with the Innocence Project, secured the final exoneration of Felipe Rodriguez for a murder he did not commit.

Margulis-Ohnuma’s client, two years after being granted clemency, is now officially exonerated. “I will be absolutely, completely free,” he said of the exoneration.

The Washington Post quoted sex crimes attorney Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma about the high-profile Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.

The ZMO Law PLLC and the Law Offices of Daniel A. McGuinness P.C. filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of Miguel Antonio Richards after he was shot and killed on video by police in September 2017. 

After being used unwittingly as bait to catch a predatory corrections officer, a female inmate refused to cooperate with prison investigators. So they put her in solitary confinement, then guards retaliated against her once she finally spoke up. Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma and Daniel McGuinness are suing corrections officials for the physical, mental, and psychological trauma she sustained.

Margulis-Ohnuma client was sentenced to six months in jail after a trial on child pornography charges.

“There’s a sense in the courts that criminal hacking is not serious. That’s dead wrong,” said Margulis-Ohnuma, weighing in on the information obtained by the FBI by use of malware on the dark web. 

ABC News profiled Margulis-Ohnuma client Felipe Rodriguez after Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted him executive clemency.

Petitions for clemency on behalf of three men convicted of murder, including a Margulis-Ohnuma client, highlight the difficulty of Gov. Cuomo’s clemency push.

A jury ruled a police officer’s fifth bullet in the back of the head was justified and not excessive force. Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma said that the jury “got it wrong on the facts” and plans to appeal.

Judge Katherine Forrest ruled that the first four bullets which struck Mauricio Jaquez were justified, in the police shooting that resulted in Jaquez’ death. The case hinges on the fifth and final bullet, which was shot into the back of Jaquez’ head as he lay on the floor.

Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma argues that the NYPD showed a “reckless disregard” for civil rights when Sergeant Flores shot a bleeding and immobilized Mauricio Jaquez in the back of the head.

After an illegal search, a Brooklyn judge will not allow evidence obtained from an iPhone belonging to a Margulis-Ohuma client in an impending case. 

Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma’s case was profiled in a New Yorker article debunking the false connection between Al Qaeda and Saharan drug trafficking.

Sgt. William Flores must stand trial to determine whether the final bullet he shot at Mauricio Jaquez in 2009 was “reasonable.” Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma, who represents Jaquez’s estate in the civil case against Flores, says the family is looking forward to their day in court.

Margulis-Ohnuma files a lawsuit against the city of New York on behalf of client Antonio Yarbough. Yarbough was exonerated and released after being wrongfully imprisoned for nearly 22 years.