Another departure . . .
Matei Stroescu is leaving the CAO for the Hepler Broom law firm. He is a fine trial lawyer and has the distinction of beating Scott Rosenblum in the well-publicized Bommarito trial. Even more impressive in my opinion, he was able to survive being assigned to Division 3 for an entire year!
By my count that makes the fourth prosecutor — the other three being Peter Bruntrager, Tristin Estep, and Rachel Smith — to leave since January, 2020. When your trial staff is at half-strength with less than twenty-five felony trial attorneys, that’s a huge hit to the office. And, consider the loss in terms of experience: Rachel Smith was the Chief Trial Assistant, Matei was essentially a team leader and handling only serious felony cases, and Tristin and Peter were also both handling only serious felonies.
I’m sure there will be more to come.
Up-coming trials of interest . . .
The week of March 23rd. Nathaniel Hendren, the police officer who allegedly shot fellow police officer Katlyn Alix while playing Russian roulette, goes on trial in Division 7.
The week of March 30th. William Don Tisaby, Kim Gardner’s hand-picked investigator in the Greitens fiasco, goes to trial on perjury charges in Division 11.