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August 15, 2017:  It was announced today that Mark Foster has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in Criminal Defense: General Practice.  @BestLawyers  www.BestLawyers.com

STATESVILLE, NC–August 7, 2017–Attorney Mark Foster capped two years of representation of a client charged with knowing receipt of child pornography with an excellent sentencing result.  The client faced a guideline sentencing range of 121 to 151 months and the government was seeking 121 months.  The statutory mandatory minimum sentence was 60 months.  Foster’s client…

September, 2016—Successfully obtained reduced plea to voluntary manslaughter in first degree murder case, obtaining reduced prison sentence and saving client from mandatory life imprisonment without parole in case where the State had a strong case.

April 3, 2017—Wilkesboro, NC—After two-and-a-half years of investigation and plea negotiations, Mark Foster succeeded today in saving his client from a mandatory prison sentence of 225 to 282 months (18 to 23 years) in an opiate pill trafficking case.  By highlighting his client’s cooperation, his childhood traumatic brain injury, and his drug addiction treatment efforts,…

August, 2016—Trial of client charged with multiple felony counts of sexually assaulting child many years earlier. Foster’s trial strategy focused on the prosecution’s lack of physical, medical, or eyewitness corroboration for the alleged victim’s claims. Result: jury deadlocked 9 to 3 in favor of acquittal. State has yet to decide whether to retry case.

March, 2016—Trial of client charged with multiple counts of child rape. Defense strategy focused on establishing implausibility of alleged victim’s story, the lack of corroboration, and presentation of alibi evidence. Result: jury acquitted client on all charges, client released from jail.

2014—Trial of wife of professional athlete charged with two counts of assault with deadly weapon on security guard and one count of resisting police officer. Result: jury acquitted on both counts of assault with a deadly weapon, convicting only on lesser charge of resisting police officer’s instructions.

2013—Mark Foster represented a realtor in a complex federal mortgage fraud and racketeering trial. He vigorously contested the case, but lost in a tough verdict by the jury.  Foster appealed the case to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, raising government discovery violations and perjury by a government witness.  Unfortunately, the Court of Appeals ruled against Foster’s client.

2012—Foster represented a motel owner charged with maintaining a motel for the purpose of drug possession and distribution. When the State rested its case, Foster moved to dismiss the case based on the State’s failure to alleged a necessary element in the accusatory pleading.  The judge granted Foster’s motion, resulting in a dismissal of the case against…

2009—Foster represented a podiatrist on 29 federal charges alleging unlawful distribution of controlled substances through an internet pharmacy website. After a two-week trial, Foster succeeded in getting the jury to acquit his client on all 29 counts despite the two codefendants (a physician and the website operator) being found guilty of their charges in the same trial.