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United States Senators Jeffry Flake (R-Arizona) and Dianne Feinstein (D-California) have introduced legislation to prevent self-represented defendants in sexual assault cases from personally cross-examining their own child victims. Jack Wilenchik, an attorney at Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C. drafted the initial legislation based on a UNESCO model law (Article 27 of the “Justice…
July 20, 2016 – WB finds itself in the thick of things when it comes to establishing new law in Arizona on the calculation of damages for claims against a title insurer for the diminution of value of property caused by an existing defect in the title that the insurer…
Over a dozen national and state victim’s rights groups and children’s rights groups have filed in support of the Petition for Certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court case of M.A. v. Padilla, No. 15-1049. Jack Wilenchik of Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C. filed the Petition on behalf of a child victim whose accused molester…
Dennis Wilenchik represents former Attorney General Tom Horne in the case. Mr. Wilenchik made the following statement with respect to the Court of Appeals’s recent decision: “Our intention is to petition for review to the Arizona Supreme Court and/or to bring the matter to the attention of the federal courts on the basis…
The mother of a victim of accused child molester Christopher Simcox today filed a Petition for the United States Supreme Court to intervene and prevent Simcox, who is acting as his own lawyer, from personally questioning the child victims in court, which includes her daughter. (A copy of the Petition for Writ…
Dennis Wilenchik successfully obtained a dismissal of the defamation lawsuit filed against former Maricopa County Republican Party Chairman A.J. LaFaro.
Jack Wilenchik of Wilenchik & Bartness, P.C., filed the Petition, a copy of which can be viewed here. The firm is handling the matter pro bono, in the interests of justice.
Dennis Wilenchik moderated the discussion of AZ House Bill 2578 (Right to Repair) at the MC Consultants 2nd Annual Construction Defect Seminar, held by MC Consultants, Inc. at the Embassy Suites in Biltmore on April 23, 2015. All sectors of the construction industry were in attendance, including builders, insurance professionals,…
Dennis Wilenchik was named “Best Trial Lawyer” by Arizona Foothills Magazine’s annual “Best Of” edition 2015. A copy of the feature can be found here.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (April 9, 2015) – The Arizona Supreme Court today granted a petition for stay filed on behalf of one of the child victims in the trial of Christopher Simcox, who is accused of molesting several minor victims between the ages of 7 and 9 years old. Mr. Simcox…