Days following Alex Pretti’s death, his family hired high-profile attorneys with direct ties to the prosecution of Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd case.
The parents of the 37-year-old intensive care nurse retained Steve Schleicher, a veteran litigator and former federal prosecutor. Schleicher helped Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison convict former police officer Chauvin for the death of Floyd.
Schleicher, now a partner at the Minneapolis law firm Maslon, is representing Michael and Susan Pretti pro bono, a family spokesman confirmed, as reported by Newsweek.
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Schleicher spent more than a decade in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, where he handled cases ranging from murder to civil rights violations, and also served as a special prosecutor during the Chauvin trial. Before entering
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