The Latest News, Posts, Articles, and Media Appearances from Tully & Weiss
What’s the saying about one bad apple spoiling the barrel? What happens where there are lots of bad apples? Time to dump out the whole
Former top FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska
A former top FBI official in New York has been arrested over his ties to a Russian oligarch, law enforcement sources told ABC News Monday.
Can SBF Avoid Prison via Twinkie Defense 2.0?
A possible legal defense to keep Sam Bankman-Fried out of prison may be unfolding before our eyes. My name is Joseph Tully, defense attorney and criminal law specialist. SBF and Twinkie Defense 2.0? The story of the collapse of crypto-currency platform FTX and the...
Disco Challenge: Boogie for Alhambra on Sept 21
Be a Superhero! Take the Disco Challenge to help earn $3,000 for AHS Student Leadership on September 21st. And be sure to celebrate our Community of Superheroes Homecoming in October. Your disco dancing social media post can earn $100 for AHS to help the students put...
FIREWORKS: When Celebrating Freedom is a Felony
Arson and Fireworks Accidental, careless, reckless, malicious? If you mis-use fireworks you can and will be held accountable for charring a lawn, or an inferno in the forest. There is even a California Arson Offender Registry! Notice Arson is in the CA penal code as...
Tully & Weiss Presents: Fitness to Martinez
Get moving Martinez! Summer is here, the weather is great, and we can all enjoy our town together. This Summer, Tully & Weiss Charities has teamed with Downtown Martinez & Co. to stimulate the community with health and fitness, while giving a boost to local...
Good Morning America Legal Analysis of Erika Jayne Case
On January 31, 2022 criminal defense attorney appeared as a guest on ABC's Good Morning America to provide legal analysis of the latest twist in the suit against Erika Jayne Girardi. The lawsuit alleged Tom Girardi, 82, and Erika Girardi, 50, allegedly embezzled...
Joseph Tully on CourtTV discussing the Edgecomb verdict
Criminal defense attorney was a guest on CourtTV on January 26th providing expert legal insights on a big case of the day. A Milwaukee County jury took about 2 ½ hours Wednesday to find Theodore Edgecomb guilty of first-degree reckless homicide for killing immigration...
Author and Attorney Joseph Tully interviewed on KRCR TV News
Redding Attorney Joseph Tully speaks on criminal justice system, and his best-selling book, on KRCR TV News Watch the news interview HERE REDDING, Calif. — He's an attorney with offices up and down the state, and an author, and he calls Redding home: Joseph Tully has...
Looking Back at 2021 in Criminal Law
The past year had many major criminal trials that captivated the Nation’s attention. Our criminal defense firm was busy with our caseload, and the call for media analysis of cases in the news was more frequent than ever. Joseph Tully appeared as a guest on CourtTV,...
On CourtTV for the Kim Potter Trial Verdict
VERDICT WATCH: Joseph Tully was a guest on COURT TV for two hours Wednesday December 22nd. They discussed the Kim Potter Trial in Minnesota regarding the shooting death of Daunte Wright. Jury found Potter guilty of both counts, first and second degree manslaughter....
Busy Christmas Week for News Legal Analysis
It was a short week in the office with courts closed on Friday for Christmas, but criminal defense attorney Joseph M. Tully is working extra-hard to serve clients, and also appear on news programs to discuss major stories. There are big criminal law stories wrapping...
Legal Warrior Ashley Barganquast Runs the Stadion Spartan
At Tully & Weiss, we strive to heroically defend Justice. Attorney Ashley Bargenquast is a true warrior in the courtroom, and outside as well. Here she is competing in the Stadion Spartan race at Oracle Stadium on Saturday December 4th. She completed the challenge...
Defending Carlos Zapata in Shasta County
Red, White, and Blueprint is a movement and accompanying docuseries co-founded by Carlos Zapata of Shasta County. The group works on restoring our rightful freedoms, they believe their work can serve as a blueprint for other communities to do the same - those who hold...
Tully Weiss In the News

60 Minutes
Informant says he was planted in Orange County jail to snitch
Mark Cleveland tells 60 Minutes he shaved 40 years off his sentence by becoming a jailhouse informant for Orange County law enforcement officials, now under investigation

San Francisco Chronicle
Supes Extend Deadline For Cannabis Business Applicants
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday morning to extend the application timeline for entrepreneurs seeking land use permits for cannabis-based businesses like retail storefronts, commercial grows and manufacturing operations.

San Jose Mercury News
SV Chat: Joseph Tully, bringing legal system to light
California’s justice system — especially the ranks of cops, district attorneys and judges — are “Machiavellians,” “sadists” and “sociopaths.”
That’s the message put forth in “California: State of Collusion,”…

California: State of Collusion
Power, Conspiracy, and Cover Ups in a Failed Criminal Justice System
An Inside Look at California s Corrupt Criminal Justice System and the Very Real Dangers Citizens Face
In California: State of Collusion, legal gladiator Joseph Tully exposes California’s alarming culture of power, conspiracy, and cover-ups.

Rolling Stone
Peter Tosh’s Son in Coma: Inside Fight for Jawara McIntosh
In a coma since a February beating in a New Jersey jail, the late reggae star’s son is holding on – and his family is fighting for justice

Rolling Stone
Drone operator wants to apologize to CHP pilot for near miss in Martinez
On the night of December 6th, a young man who was flying his drone near his Martinez home nearly caused it to collide with a California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter.