Rittenhouse was initially represented by Wood and John Pierce. During an interview with CNN on Friday evening after Rittenhouse was acquitted, Richards warned that some individuals were attempting to use his client to advance their own agendas. He said he cautioned Rittenhouse about decisions he will have to make going forward.
Nov 23, 2021 · When the jury delivered their not guilty verdict, Rittenhouse, 18, was standing beside Mark Richards, who helped the teen win the case. However, before Rittenhouse hired Richards, he had two former lawyers including Lin Wood, 69, and John Pierce. Wood is known professionally as a far-right American attorney who focuses on medical malpractice litigation …
May 22, 2021 · Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people during protests that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last summer, retained a new attorney prior to his first ...
Nov 23, 2021 · After the acquittal, Rittenhouse made his first public appearance where he slammed his former attorneys over representation and money. 3 Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges on November ...
Nov 19, 2021 · "If he was looking for someone to go off on a crusade, I wasn't his lawyer," Richards said he told his client. Wood and Pierce were Rittenhouse's first attorneys and haven't been shy about their...
Wood and Pierce were Rittenhouse's first attorneys and haven't been shy about their pro-Trump politics. The two lawyers used Rittenhouse's appeal to the far-right to fundraise the money needed for his bail, according to the Chicago Tribune.Nov 19, 2021
Lawyers Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi flank Kyle Rittenhouse in entering the courtroom for a meeting called by Judge Bruce Schroeder last Thursday.Nov 22, 2021
Pierce first became famous as the lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse, after the teen was charged with fatally shooting two people and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha in August 2020. Rittenhouse fired Pierce in February.Sep 8, 2021
Mark studied at the University of Wisconsin Law School. He was a sole practitioner from 1990 to 1994. He's currently associated with Richards & Dimmer, S.C as a partner.Nov 16, 2021
WisconsinRichards, a Wisconsin native, has worked as a lawyer for 34 years, first as a prosecutor in the Kenosha County District Attorney's Office, then in Racine. According to his biography, he has tried more than 100 jury trials.Nov 2, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse fired Pierce in February. The Rittenhouse team has accused Pierce of (i) theft of funds meant for his ex-client; (ii) hijacking the $2 million bond; and (iii) charging an exorbitant hourly billing rate, particularly for a career civil lawyer handling a double-murder trial.Aug 21, 2021