Noted Case
Mother cleared of charges she duct taped foster kids
November 2003
DOYLESTOWN (AP) A woman accused of wrapping her foster children in duct tape was acquitted Monday night.
The defense lawyer for Colleen Broe, 34, of Levittown, said he would now try to get the foster children back into his client's care. "I believe in this woman from the bottom of my heart," attorney Andrew Schneider said. "A woman (who) did nothing but show love and compassion for these foster children and just got it right in the neck for doing this."
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We offer help when you need it most.
Individual attention to your personal problems since 1973.
We handle a wide range of criminal matters from minor issues to the most serious. All traffic and driving related issues (traffic tickets, license suspension, and drunk driving). Non violent criminal issues (burglary, forgery, white-collar crime and drug related matters). Serious matters (robbery, child and spousal abuse, sex offenses, assault and murder).
Born: Brooklyn, New York, April 6, 1948
Married to Debbie Yoder, Esq.
Two children
Honorably Discharged United States Army, 1975
- Current Employment Position(s):
- Sole Practitioner
- 90% Criminal Law
- 10% Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- New Jersey, 1990
- Pennsylvania, 1973
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1973
J.D. - Hunter College, New York, New York, 1969
B.A.- Major: Political Science
- Minor: History
- National College for Criminal Defense
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminars on:
- Death Penalty Defense, Jury Selection, Advanced Cross Examination
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court - Death Penalty Defense
- "In the Spotlight", PACDL Forum
Chapter on Model Cross Examination of Police Officer in DUI Prosecution, Wasserbly, Pennsylvania Criminal Practice, West Publishing Co. - Adjunct Associate Professor, Temple University School of Criminal Justice, 1979 - 1981
- Lectures on Ethics and Trial Techniques for the PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Bucks County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, 2004 - 2008
- The President's Award as Defender of Freedom
- American Bar Association
- Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - New Jersey
- Bucks County Bar Association
- Chairperson, Criminal Law Section, 1989-1990
- Pennsylvania Assication of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Editor, PACDL Forum, 1998-2000
- Board of Directors, 1999-2000
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Private Practice, 1981 - Present
- Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Assistant Public Defender, 1977 - 1981
- American Bar Association Commission on Mentally Disabled, Staff Attorney, 1976 - 1977
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Assistant Attorney General, 1973 - 1976
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