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He is a former prosecuting attorney and public defender who has been in private practice for over 25 years providing high-quality, aggressive criminal defense. Terence has handled thousands of criminal cases. He has defended clients in over 300 jury trials, and has achieved a very high-percentage of favorable verdicts. He has gotten not guilty verdicts in both state and federal courts, and in cases where his clients were charged with murder, assault, armed criminal action, robbery, stealing, burglary, drug conspiracy, drug possession, drug trafficking, drug distribution, carrying a concealed weapon, felon in possession of a weapon, rape, sodomy, child molestation, child pornography, domestic assault, resisting arrest, tampering with a victim/witness, tampering with a motor vehicle, or DWI/DUI. He approaches every case with the same uncompromising dedication to his client’s best interest. His goal is to obtain the best possible result at the earliest stage of the proceedings. Presently, his primary practice areas are state and federal felony cases. aut viam inveniam aut faciam https://www.npclawfirm.com/thomas-peterson daily 0.75 2022-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626efcbfd85e045a6b0e1114/1651446004588-HWJ0A3X3CV3WZ46ITHG5/thomas-peterson.jpeg Thomas Peterson Thomas Peterson is a St. Louis native, and graduate of Lindbergh High School and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In 2014, he graduated from the St. Louis University School of Law School and was admitted to the Missouri Bar. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2017. While in law school, Thomas was a member of the environmental moot court appellate litigation team that took part in national competitions in 2013 and 2014. He also interned at the St. Louis City Public Defender’s Office, and earned experience in criminal defense by researching and briefing cases, and performing second-chair duties in a number of jury trials, ranging from child molestation to misdemeanor assault. He then interned for two years at the Kessler Williams law firm under the supervision of well-known criminal defense attorney Brad Kessler. Following law school, Thomas took a position as an assistant public defender in Farmington, Missouri, where he was responsible for a general felony trial caseload. Since joining Niehoff Peterson & Cortez, LLC in 2015, Thomas has focused his practice areas to federal and state courts in Illinois and Missouri, handling felonies, misdemeanors, juvenile, and expungements. He has also successfully tried over 25 felony trials, with a very high-percentage of them ending in not guilty verdicts. https://www.npclawfirm.com/derek-cortez daily 0.75 2022-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/626efcbfd85e045a6b0e1114/1651446023644-ZRV97R6JVE2S8U2MM4SP/derek-cortez.jpeg Derek Cortez Derek Cortez, a St. Louis native, graduated from St. Louis University School of Law and was admitted to the Missouri Bar in 2017. In 2018, he was admitted to the Illinois Bar. Derek developed his passion for criminal defense during his undergraduate studies while attending the University of Missouri-St. Louis. There he saw the effects of the criminal justice system on individuals and the critical role defense attorneys play in that system. He recognized that there was an urgent need for more competent, zealous and compassionate legal representation of persons charged with criminal offenses within the St. Louis area. While attending law school, Derek served as a member of the Saint Louis University’s Criminal Defense Clinic, and gained experience in the representation of clients in a wide array of criminal matters, including serving as trial attorney in several cases. Derek also served as a student-attorney on the Death Penalty Proportionality Project, representing death row inmates in their post-conviction appeals. Prior to joining Niehoff Peterson & Cortez, LLC he interned with the Arch City Defenders and several other criminal defense attorneys in the St. Louis region. In these positions he gained a wealth of criminal defense experience, further building on the legal skills he acquired while attending law school. 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We have built a solid reputation in St. Louis and surrounding areas of successfully advocating for our clients in all types of criminal and related cases. We take a wolf-pack approach in tackling whatever challenges our clients’ face. Our goal is to obtain the best possible resolution to our clients’ problems, as quickly as possible, while keeping them fully informed of our progress. If your matter involves law enforcement authorities or the criminal justice system, we can handle it. Our practice includes dealing with: Federal crimes and investigations Missouri and Illinois state felony, probation, juvenile, and misdemeanor prosecutions State and federal appeals Municipal offenses, including DUI/DWI and traffic Criminal record expungements