Jorge Romero Testimonial

1. Hi, my name is Jorge Romero and in 2002 I was charged with murder in the
1st°, and attempted murder, in Reno Nevada. At first, the Death Penalty was on
the table. But, because the State did not have enough evidence they couldn't
pursue the Death Penalty. Because of the stressful situation hoping that it will
help out my family and I decided to hire two local attorneys which promise me
that everything was going to be okay and made me feel good about going to trial.
In 2003, I went to trial and was convicted on both charges. For the magnitude of
my case my trial only lasted one week and doing deliberation the jury found me
guilty in a matter of a few hours.
During sentencing I was giving two Life's +40 years and sent to Ely Max prison.
Because of my bad experience with attorneys I was very careful on who to hire
to continue in representing me on my defense. My family and I decided to get a
hold of William Routsis because we had heard that he was a fighter in criminal
cases. Routsis recommended a good Appeal Attorney named Richard Cornell,
which in 2009 I got my conviction overturned and I was granted a new trial.
Most of the founding's on my Appeal were because of ineffective assistance of
counsel. These two attorneys that I hired at first failed to do their job. "The reality
of the world is that there is a lot of attorneys that will tell you what you want to
hear to try to gain your business and once you pay them off they forget all about
you".
In 2011, we decided to go with William Routsis. Routsis investigation and
preparation was outstanding! For example, for the investigation Routsis hired a
good lady called Gina Crown which she turned out to be real good. We had to
track down people from out-of-state. Some people where hiding out, and some
didn't want to help out at all. Either, because of money or they just didn't want to
get involved. The struggle was real. If we need it to buy somebody a ticket to get
to Reno, we did, and if we need it to convince somebody to help out because
helping out is the right thing to do, in this case, we did. The effort was good
witnesses wanted to show up now to testify in my behalf. Routsis preparation
was admired he took around one or two months getting ready sometimes he
even didn't get any sleep. These are one of the reasons why I respect the man
because he cared about my case and took it personal! Routsis was ready up and
about for this 2nd trial. From the beginning Routsis battle the prosecutors and did
not let the State get away with a wrongful conviction. The foul play from the State
was so obvious and the sad part was that the judge would let them get away with
it. Their witnesses, which the majority were officers of the law continue to
commit perjury after perjury. Not caring about justice or the Oath they took "to
swear to tell the truth", was careless. All they wanted is to help the State beat this
trial. Unfortunately, the trial that lasted almost a month turn out to be a mistrial
and was tried again. The good news was that all the perjury that the State
witnesses committed from the first to the second trial cumulative and was very
useful for us on the third trial.
In 2013, the investigation and preparation that William did for this third trial was
different. He took it to a different level. He hired well respected experts that would
testify from forensic evidence to the law of physics. The 3rd trial that lasted five
weeks, Routsis was extraordinary on his representation. He represented me with

2. passion, battling the prosecutors and even the Judge. The evidence was
speechless in my behalf. Even the judge started turn around and seeing the foul
play from the State. William Routsis had done his job the way an attorney
supposed to. Unfortunately, the trial turn out to be a hung jury but happy to say I
almost got an acquittal.
Because of these battles and the pressure that William Routsis cause the
outcome after 11 years being incarcerated, was Freedom! This is why I strongly
recommend William Routsis for the, simple fact, that he's aggressive, cares
about your case, and seeks justice. I believe that I'm one of the lucky once to be
free after facing life in prison.
From my point of view there is a lot of corruption and foul play in the Justice
System, especially, when somebody is being prosecuted. My advice for anybody
that finds himself in my shoes is that you go to an attorney that is going to care,
willing to fight for you, and not hesitate to battle a prosecutor or a judge. Even if
your not completely innocent it does not mean that you don't have the right to
have an attorney seek for the right charges or a good deal.
I hope that nobody ever has to experience what I had to because at the end the
people that suffer the most will be you and your Family.
I strongly recommend William Routsis, as a great attorney!
Jorge Romero
Reno, Nevada