Hispanic Consulting | Attorney for Mexican Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia

Milliken v. Stewart, 276 Ga. 712 (2003). Reversal of conviction in habeas corpus proceedings.

Goodwin v. Balkcom, 684 F.2d 794 (11th Cir. 1982).Reversal of murder conviction in federal habeas corpus.

State v. Martin, 278 Ga. 418 (2004). Sucessful challenge to state's effort to remove judge who had expressed sympathy for client.

Justice v. Board of Pardons and Paroles, 234 Ga. 749 (1975). Parole Board can be sued.

Dawson v. State, 274 Ga. 327 (2001) Georgia Supreme Court rules that the Electric Chair is cruel and unusual punishment.

Bounds v. State, 264 Ga. App. 584 (2003). Reversal of conviction where client forced to represent himself without a lawyer.

Hardwick v. Ault, 447 F. Supp. 116 (M.D. Ga. 1978)Punitive prison segregation unit shut down.

Hispanic Consulting in Georgia

Mr. West is a consulting Attorney for the Mexican Consulate in Georgia. As such he offers assistance to the Mexican community specifically and to Latinos in general. Mr. West's association with the Mexican community began when he was asked to defend a young Mexican, Bautista Ramirez, accused of killing a police officer for whom the State was seeking the death penalty. Mr. West's sucessful defense of Mr. Ramirez lead to his becoming a consulting attorney for the Mexican Consulate.