Marina Medvin

Medvin is a trial lawyer licensed to practice law in Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Texas.^[3] Medvin specializes in criminal defense. She is also a former senior columnist at Townhall,^[4] contributed a column to Forbes,^[5] and provides legal analysis to news outlets.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]} Politico described Medvin as a "conservative firebrand."^[13]

Medvin has represented some of the defendants charged with crimes arising from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.^[14]

Her cases of note include:

• Jenny Cudd,^[14][15][16] a Midland, Texas florist who bragged about her participation in the riot and received permission to travel to Mexico in the middle of her prosecution,^[17] obtained a dismissal of a felony charge and was sentenced to a fine and two months of probation on a misdemeanor.^[18][19] Medvin filed a motion to change venue in Cudd’s case, the first such motion filed in January 6 cases, which was later copied by other defendants, but none of these motions were granted.^[20]

• John Steven Anderson, of Saint Augustine, Florida, who was charged with civil disorder and assaulting police in a tunnel of the Capitol.^[21][22] He died in 2021 before the case could come to trial.^[22][23]

• Mark Ibrahim, of Orange County, California, a former DEA agent who was indicted in July 2021 on three felonies and a misdemeanor, including illegally carrying a firearm onto Capitol grounds, climbing on a statue during riot, and making false statements to FBI agents in a March 2021 interview.^[24] In a rare pre-trial motion win among Capitol riot defendants, Medvin secured dismissal of the count against Ibrahim alleging that he lied to the FBI; however, Medvin's bid to dismiss the other counts was rejected.^[25][26]

• Christopher Warnagiris, of Woodbridge, Virginia, a U.S. Marine Corps major who is the highest-ranking active-duty military officer charged in the January 6 insurrection. Warnagiris pleaded not guilty to nine counts, including assaulting an officer and civil disorder.^[27][28][29]

• Christopher Kuehne, a Kansas City-area man charged with the Kansas City Proud Boys, who pleaded guilty to one count of civil disorder.^[30][31]

• David and Nicholas Krauss, a father and son from New Jersey, who entered the Capitol together; they were sentenced to 9 months of probation.^[32][33] In court filings, Medvin argued that the Capitol riot sentences were unfair and politically motivated.^[34] She accused the DOJ of political bias.

• Christopher Carnell, of North Carolina, who walked into the Capitol Building wearing a backpack with his name embroidered on it.^[35]

• Robert Norwood, of South Carolina, who was arrested after boasting to family members about his participation in the Capitol riot.^[36]

• Michael Stepakoff, of Florida, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor ("parading, demonstrating or picketing" in the Capitol building) and was sentenced to 12 months' probation.^[37][38]
• Matthew DaSilva, a Navy veteran from Texas, who was convicted of some of his charges after a bench trial and is awaiting sentencing. Medvin argued in her sentencing memo that her client and other January 6 defendants were unfairly singled out by the government, saying, "the DOJ has created unique public-shaming web pages for every January 6 defendant, a digital version of tar and feathering,” something that the government has not done in the past for other criminal defendants.^[39]
• Tyler Campanella, the stepson of former "Real Housewives" cast member Sigalit "Siggy" Flicker, who is accused of entering the Capitol on January 6.^[40]
• Kimberly Sylvester, a grandmother who remained in the Capitol for almost one hour, was sentenced to 12 months of probation.^[41]
• Todd Michael Bills, of Coldwater, Ohio, was charged with four misdemeanor charges - entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building or grounds; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.^[42]

Medvin previously represented an FBI 10 Most Wanted fugitive; a defendant in the Anonymous Operation Payback case; and a student who hacked CIA Director John Brennan and published with WikiLeaks.^[43][44][45] Medvin also secured the dismissal of criminal charges for Harry Jackson, a local Virginia politician and father who was facing four misdemeanor charges for statements made on YouTube and on Twitter in which Jackson accused another activist of "grooming behavior" around children.^[46][47]

Medvin was listed as a conservative writer for Townhall and was referred to as a "conservative firebrand" by Politico.^[48][49] The December 2024 issue of the Washingtonian Magazine noted that Medvin "dedicated her large social media platform to advocacy for the [October 7] hostages."^[50]

• Marina Medvin on Twitter