“Brockton D. Hunter, a criminal defense lawyer in Minneapolis, told colleagues in a recent lecture at the Minnesota State Bar Association that society should try harder to prevent veterans from self-destructing.”

“To truly support our troops, we need to apply our lessons from history and newfound knowledge about PTSD to help the most troubled of our returning veterans,” Mr. Hunter said. “To deny the frequent connection between combat trauma and subsequent criminal behavior is to deny one of the direct societal costs of war and to discard another generation of troubled heroes.”"

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If you have been charged with a crime, it is crucial to speak with an attorney right away. If you need to appeal your conviction, you want a skilled appellate lawyer. Mr. Hunter can examine your case from all angles and construct a defense tailored to your needs.

Fill out the contact form to schedule a free consultation. All major credit cards are accepted. Evening, weekend and detention center appointments are available. The firm’s telephone is answered live during business hours and forwarded to Mr. Hunter’s cell phone on weekends and evenings.

• Brockton D. Hunter P.A.

• Telephone: 612-874-1625
• Fax: 612-824-0311
• 3033 Excelsior Boulevard, Suite 550
• Minneapolis, MN 55416

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Lake Calhoun Executive Center
3033 Excelsior Boulevard, Suite 550
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Telephone: 612-874-1625
Fax: 612-824-0311

With more than 10 years of criminal defense experience Brock Hunter has handled thousands of cases ranging from 1st Degree Murder to DWI.  He has been named a “Rising Star” in the area of criminal defense by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine from 2006 through 2009.
Brock currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) and, as their Legislative Chair, leads efforts for criminal justice reform at the Minnesota Legislature.

Brock is also a veteran who served as a Recon Scout in the U.S. Army.  He now devotes a significant portion of his practice to representing psychologically-injured Iraq and Afghan war veterans who find themselves in the criminal justice system.  Brock has handled a number of high-profile veteran cases, including a homicide case profiled in the New York Times.  In 2008, Brock drafted and lead passage of pioneering Minnesota legislation that encourages treatment over incarceration of veterans whose psychological injuries played a role in their criminal offense.  Brock regularly speaks across the country on the issue of combat veterans in the criminal courts, educating legal professionals, law makers and military members on how we, as a nation, can avoid mistakes made with past generations of veterans and truly “Support Our Troops.”

To recharge his batteries between cases Brock enjoys outdoor adventure sports, particularly exploring Lake Superior’s remote wilderness islands via sea kayak. In 1999, Brock, along with four other kayakers, completed an 88-mile unsupported sea kayak crossing of Lake Superior to draw attention to the Lake’s imperiled health.

“Before joining the Marines, Mr. Klecker drank and smoked marijuana, but not heavily, said his lawyer, Brockton Hunter. He was once stopped for drinking and driving, but the charge was downgraded to careless driving because his blood-alcohol level was just over the limit.

After Iraq, he shipped out to Okinawa and did what many marines do there: he drank – a lot. But it was not until he left the Marines and returned home to suburban St. Paul that his panic attacks, nightmares and insomnia worsened. So did his drinking. He rarely spoke about the war, and only to other veterans.

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“Occasionally it works.”

Anthony J. Klecker, a former marine, pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide for a drunken crash that killed a high school cheerleader, Deanna Casey, in Minnesota in 2006. But his lawyer argued that Mr. Klecker, 29, who had already spent a year in jail, should be sentenced to six months of inpatient treatment instead of the 48 months in prison called for by sentencing guidelines.

“Tony would never, ever claim his war experiences, associated psychological injuries and alcoholism should excuse him from responsibility for Ms. Casey’s death,” his lawyer, Brockton D. Hunter, wrote the judge. But, he said, Mr. Klecker was a “psychological casualty of the war in Iraq who unsuccessfully sought treatment from an overstrained Veterans Administration.”

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