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Vascular Solutions, Inc. Acquitted

On February 26, 2016, a federal jury in San Antonio found Ashcroft Law Firm client Vascular Solutions, Inc. (VSI) and VSI’s CEO and co-defendant Howard Root not guilty on all charges after a four week trial in which federal prosecutors charged VSI and Mr. Root with criminal off-label marketing of VSI’s Vari-Lase device. As local counsel to the trial team, Partner Johnny Sutton drew upon his prior experience as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas to help guide the trial team to this impressive result.

Seeking death penalty in Boston case? A long road

‘‘There’s going to be a lot of push in that U.S. attorney’s office in Boston to seek the death penalty in this case,’’ predicts former prosecutor Johnny Sutton, who chaired a panel of 17 U.S. attorneys advising the attorney general on law enforcement issues during the George W. Bush administration. Sutton was U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas from 2001 to 2009.