Anne Melani Bremner (born June 4, 1958) is an American television lawyer and personality. He has been seen as a television commentator in a number of high-profile cases, including Meredith Kercher's murder in Italy as a legal advisor and as a spokesperson for Friends of Amanda Knox.
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Early life and education
Bremner was born in McAlester, Oklahoma. Bremner studied at Stanford University, where he studied medieval history, graduating in 1980 with praise. He described himself as a "liberal, an idealist, and a Democrat" who opposed the death penalty. He went on to Seattle University School of Law, where he completed his J.D. in 1982.
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Careers
Attorney
From 1983 to 1988, Bremner was a deputy prosecutor with the criminal division of the Attorney General's Office in County King, specializing in sex crimes. During these years he has been in contact with a number of high-profile cases, such as the Wah Mee massacre trial; This experience, along with those who later in his career, began to modulate his view of the death penalty. In 1985, he was deputy prosecutor in a case against a police officer at the University of Washington who was believed to be the first person to be charged under a new state computer infringement law; the trial court sentenced the police to the charge, but the Washington Court of Appeals canceled his conviction.
Personal practice
Bremner was a lawyer at Stafford Frey Cooper in Seattle from 1988 to 2012. During his career in private practice, Bremner represented law enforcement and judges in various civil and criminal cases. In 1996, he successfully defended the use of the Seattle Police police dog to find and bite the suspect against the challenge of the American Civil Liberties Union who claimed he violated the civil rights of the suspect and was an excessive force. In 2001, he represented the Bellevue Police Department during an examination of the actions of officer Mike Hetle during his second fatal shooting of the year; the jury found that Metle had reason to fear death or serious bodily harm. In the case of 2002 Vili Fualaau v. The Highline School District and the Des Moines Police Department , filed by the family of Mary Kay Letourneau's student, Vili Fualaau, Bremner succeeded in defending the police department against liability for damages. He became acquainted with Letourneau during the trial, and the two remained friends afterwards.
Media attention
Bremner appeared on television as a legal analyst, explaining leading cases to the general public. In 2004, he appeared on TV Court and other cable networks covering Scott Peterson's trial for the murder of Draw Peterson. Similarly in 2005, he took unpaid leave from his job to offer television commentary on People v. Jackson , stated that the publicity has brought millions of dollars of business to his company. In 2009, he performed in various ways on CNN with Nancy Grace to discuss Casey Anthony's case.
In October 2008, Bremner took the cause of Amanda Knox, a University of Washington student charged with the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. He was contacted by family members of Knox's classmates, including Mike Heavey, a high court judge he had previously known. The group then organized a fundraiser to pay for Knox's defense, lobbied MPs, and conducted public relations activities, changing the media's focus on prosecutions, notably Perugia's chief prosecutor Giuliano Mignini. Bremner made numerous television appearances on the case, describing Knox as "naive" and comparing it to the title character in the French film Amy Lyrics.
He represents the parents of Susan Powell, a housewife who lost in Utah in 2009, in their lawsuit for insurance money. The lawsuit ended in settlement in March 2015.
In 2011, Bremner was employed by the family of Rebecca Zahau Nalepa, a woman who committed suicide after being present at a house during an incident in which her young son's son died. Bremner, who represents the Zahau family, sued the dead boy's parents, Jonah and Dina Shacknai, claiming that Zahau had actually been murdered, contrary to the conclusion of a police investigation that decided Zahau's death killed himself without a dirty game. Bremner went on many television shows and made statements such as, "this did not pass the smell test" and claimed that "This will be the first case in world history that a woman committed suicide like this... It's silly in passing"; However, officials say that Zahau's suicide way is "unprecedented and there is no evidence that there is any cheating".
In 2013-2014, Bremner represents the true crime writer Ann Rule in a libel suit against Seattle Weekly and lost. The state Supreme Court reversed the issue that returned the Ann Rule case.
Other activities
In 2003, Bremner was one of the founding members of the Two Newspaper City Committee, along with Supreme Court judge Washington, Phil Talmadge. The group was formed to suppress Hearst Corporation and The Seattle Times Company to continue printing their respective newspapers, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
DUI Case
On June 3, 2010, Bremner had car trouble and was called 9-1-1. A county sheriff suspected he was drunk and caught him. He pleaded guilty to DUI on September 1 and was sentenced to two days in prison.
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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