On Friday, April 21, 2006 the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presented their annual awards for attorneys who have distinguished themselves in the practice of criminal law. Joe Green received the Charles M. Shaw Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy.
Joe Green is a resident of st. Charles County, a Saint Dominic High School graduate and a graduate of St. Louis University.
Joe Green and five other attorneys from the St. Louis area are involved in the largest criminal indictment ever handed down by the United States Government.
The indictment originates out of Los Angeles. Green and the five other attorneys, find themselves representing defendants in Los Angeles after they tried a six month federal jury trial in a capitol murder case in the Southern district of Illinois. After that case ended with a hung jury, the Government dismissed the charges against the defendants and joined them in the case originating out of Los Angeles. It was his work in these cases, and other capitol litigation cases, that served as the basis for attorney Joe Green receiving the Charles M. Shaw Excellence in Trial Advocacy Award from the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Missouri Supreme Court Justice, Michael A. Wolff, was a guest speaker at the luncheon at which the awards were presented.
