Client Convicted of Third Degree Assault Gets His Rights Back; Plans to Teach His Son to Hunt

Kelly’s client grew up hunting pheasant on family land with his father, an expert hunting guide. As a young man, he was convicted in Dakota County to Felony Third Degree Assault and subject to a lifetime ban on possessing firearms for pushing a drunk man who had hit on his girlfriend out of a hotel room, breaking the man’s arm in the process. Almost twenty years later, after marrying, having a child, and establishing a successful career as a car salesman, he approached Kelly, having decided it was time to find out whether he could hunt once again with his dad and teach his own young son firearm safety and how to hunt. Kelly convincingly argued on behalf of her client before the judge, who restored her client’s rights. He now plans to go out hunting with his elderly father as soon as the season starts and to pass along these family traditions once his son is old enough.