Two attorneys on opposite sides of the courtroom aisle discuss issues they face in federal court. Veteran Criminal Defense Attorney Stephen Palmer interviews Assistant United States Attorney Michael Hunter. They discuss all aspects of federal prosecution and government involvement in the federal criminal system.

Michael Hunter served as a Security Policeman and Criminal Investigator in the United States Air Force from 1990-98. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology in 1999, and graduated from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 2003, receiving his Juris Doctorate. Michael served as a law clerk to the Hon. John R. Fisher on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals from 2005-06, and has been an Assistant United States Attorney since 2006 in the Washington D.C. and Columbus, Ohio, U.S. Attorney’s Offices. In the Columbus Office, Michael has served as the Project Safe Childhood Coordinator for the Southern District of Ohio from 2010-12, prosecuting child pornography and child exploitation cases, and since 2012, he has served as a narcotics and violent crime prosecutor in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) for the Southern District of Ohio, serving as the Deputy Criminal Chief for OCDETF from 2015-19.

Stephen E. Palmer, Esq. has been practicing criminal defense almost exclusively since 1995. He has represented people in federal, state, and local courts in Ohio and elsewhere. Though he focuses on all areas of criminal defense, he particularly enjoys complex cases in state and federal courts. He has unique experience handling and assembling top defense teams of attorneys and experts in cases involving allegations of child abuse (false sexual allegations, false physical abuse allegations), complex scientific cases involving allegations of DUI and vehicle homicide cases with blood alcohol tests, and any other criminal cases that demand jury trial experience. Steve has unique experience handling numerous high publicity cases that have garnered national attention.

For more information about Steve and his law firm, Yavitch & Palmer Co., L.P.A., visit https://www.ohiolegaldefense.com