How many bad cops has Chauvin's attorney defended?

[LiberalFighter]

[onecaliberal]

1. He's seems like he's done it a lot.

[underpants]

2. Probably hired by the Union

That would be my guess

[marble falls]

3. It's a new field, cops used to get away with everything.

[CincyDem]

4. A little background from NYT. Sounds like he's been around the defense circuit in MN for a while.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/us/eric-j-nelson-lawyer-derek-chauvin.html

[Ocelot II]

5. He was hired by the police union, but his practice seems to include

all sorts of criminal defense cases. https://patch.com/minnesota/southwestminneapolis/who-eric-nelson-derek-chauvins-attorny-floyds-death

[Mike Nelson]

6. I think...

... there must have been several.

I do think he does a good job, considering he is a defense attorney. I believe he did very well yesterday. Today, he has a greater task, as this witness has been amazing for the prosecution.

[sop]

7. I'm surprised Chauvin's mouthpiece is trying this case all by himself.

Maybe Chauvin will be able to argue an incompetent defense when he appeals the guilty verdict?

[Ocelot II]

8. He isn't. He has a whole team of associates and consultants backing him up.

But he's doing all the talking, probably to make the jury think he's being unfairly outnumbered and outgunned by the prosecution. There's no way an ineffective assistance of counsel defense would work on appeal; Nelson is quite competent - he just has a crappy case.

[sop]

10. I'm sure Nelson is receiving help from his team at Halberg Criminal Defense, and reportedly he's

also coordinating with the Police Union attorneys representing the other officers in this case. Still, Nelson seems disorganized and confused at times, his cross-examination of Dr. Tobin wasn't particularly effective. I'm surprised he doesn't have a second chair.

[Jim__]

9. Eric Nelson isn't working alone to defend Derek Chauvin: A police legal fund is backing him up ...

... with a dozen lawyers and $1 million

I couldn't read the New York Times article so I don't know if this was covered there.

From USAToday:

Derek Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd appears to be a match of a lone defense attorney battling a stacked prosecution by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office with seemingly limitless resources.

Attorney Eric Nelson stands with Chauvin and Amy Voss – whom Nelson describes as his "assistant" but is a licensed attorney – on one side of the courtroom of Judge Peter Cahill. Several feet away, there’s a rotating crew of four state prosecutors, including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

Despite appearances, Nelson is hardly working solo. Nelson, a private attorney with the firm Halberg Criminal Defense, has plenty of help from the Minneapolis Police and Peace Officers Association's legal defense fund.

The group, Minnesota's largest federation of officers and unions, is paying for up to a dozen other attorneys working the case behind the scenes, according to MPPOA Executive Director Brian Peters. Nelson has assistance and lots of cash to spend on a trial that is likely to run at least a month, Peters said.

[uponit7771]

11. Relative to the evidence he's doing a pretty good job throwing the stupidest crap against the wall

... cause that's all they got as a defense is crap.