Veteran criminal defense lawyers, Douglas N. Peters and Robert G. Rubin, of Peters, Rubin & Sheffield, have been selected as the defense team for the alleged shooter in the Dunwoody Day Care Killing case. Hemy Zvi Neuman, 48, of Marietta, is charged with murder for the alleged killing of Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman November 18 outside…
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Assisted suicide law challenged in state, federal courts
Fulton County Daily Report Georgia’s assisted suicide law under fire Lawyers for Final Exit Network challenge statute in state, federal courts Monday, December 13, 2010 By Greg Land, Staff Reporter Georgia’s assisted suicide law faced attacks on two fronts last week, as a Forsyth County judge heard arguments from lawyers asking him to declare the…
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Rubin, Final Exit argue Georgia suicide law unconstitutional
Right-to-die group argues Georgia suicide law unconstitutional The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, By Joel Anderson Attorneys for four members of the right-to-die group Final Exit Network who are charged with assisting in the suicide of a Cumming man in 2008 argued Friday that Georgia’s statute covering assisted suicide is unconstitutional and “totally incoherent.” In a three-hour hearing in…
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Rubin, Final Exit members to ask for dismissal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Jeffry Scott Suicide group members in court Friday in Cumming asking for dismissal Four members of a suicide group known as the Final Exit Network will be in a Cumming courtroom Friday morning as their high-profile criminal defense attorneys argue the case against them for their alleged roles in the 2008 suicide…
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Defense of Atlanta Public Schools probe quite unique
Fulton County Daily Report GBI, Bowers turn up heat in APS PROBE Some school employees have been asked to take lie detector tests; Bowers says teachers who tell truth won’t be prosecuted Monday, November 08, 2010 By R. Robin McDonald, Staff Reporter Special investigators appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue to determine whether widespread cheating occurred…
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‘Final Exit’ members plead not guilty, claiming law unconstitutional
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ‘Final Exit’ members plead not guilty, claiming law unconstitutional By Ty Tagami Thursday, April 1, 2010 Four members of an assisted suicide group pleaded not guilty Thursday in Forsyth County on charges that they operated a criminal enterprise that helped people die. A grand jury indicted the four members of the Final Exit…
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Rubin featured in Atlanta magazine piece on Final Exit
Atlanta magazine March 2010 Final Exit Two surgeries took away the cancer that was killing John Celmer, but they left him with chronic pain and a disfiguring hole in his jaw. He secretly reached out to a controversial group that advises the sick and suffering on how to end their own lives. Members of the…
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Peters and Rubin present first successful “Sexsomnia” defense in Child Molestation case in Georgia – Jury takes less than 2 hours to acquit Defendant
Lake Oconee News Jury takes less than two hours to acquit Defendant September 4, 2009 After five days of testimony that included descriptions of “sexsomnia,” “parasomnia” and “confusional arousal,” it took a jury less than two hours Monday to acquit the defendant of child molestation charges. “This jury by its verdict spoke as the conscience of…
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Defendant acquitted of Child Molestation charges, Community gathers to congratulate defense team led by attorneys Doug Peters and Bob Rubin
Morgan County Citizen Defendant not guilty Around 50 people gather to offer congratulations to defendant, family Thursday, September 3, 2009 The atmosphere outside the courthouse was almost like an outdoor party Monday afternoon after a 12-person jury acquitted the defendant of two child molestation charges. Following a five-day trial and two-and-a-half hour jury deliberation, the defendant, 39, received a…
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Rubin and Peters to Speak at New Orleans Seminar on October 25th
Bob Rubin and Doug peters will speak on October 25th at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Fall Seminar. The lecture to fellow criminal defense lawyers from across the country will focus on the defense of child molestation cases involving physiological and pharmaceutically-induced sleep disorders. Rubin and Peters were the first lawyers in Georgia…
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