Attorney Michael Sanft Wikipedia, Age, Keffe D Trial
Michael Sanft Biography – Michael Sanft Wiki
Michael Sanft is a Tonga-born American trial attorney. He is the lead trial attorney at SOS Injury Lawyers, a personal injury law firm based in Las Vegas, Nevada. During his decades of practice, Mike has tried more than 150 cases to jury verdict and has litigated cases all the way up to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also secured favorable verdicts and settlements for hundreds of Clients.
Attorney Sanft has partnered with lawyers who previously defended the very companies he now sues in the product liability world. With decades of trial experience, immense respect from judges, attorneys, and colleagues within Nevada’s legal community, and a team of lawyers who have the inside track on how to pursue corporate wrongdoers, Mike and SOS Injury Lawyers are ready to hold companies accountable on your behalf.
Born and raised on the island of Tonga, Sanft and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 12. Years later, after his LDS mission, Mike enrolled at BYU-Hawaii. It was there that he embraced his heritage by performing as a dancer at the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC), according to his official bio.
Education
Attorney Sanft graduated from Brigham Young University and earned his J.D. from J. Reuben Clark Law School in 2001. He is licensed in Nevada.
Tupac Shakur Murder Trial
Defense attorney Michael Sanft is representing Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the killing of hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur in 1996. Sanft called the prosecution’s narrative “fiction” during the defense’s opening statement. He said prosecutors had no real proof that his client was culpable. He said that after 30 years a police investigation has repeatedly failed to turn up a definitive version of events.
He called the investigation “biased,” “sloppy” and “incomplete.” “Just look at the actual facts. What facts do you have to support any of what Keffe D said in any of his interviews or the book?” Sanft told the jury. Sanft further said the accounts he gave in interviews and his memoir could not be corroborated.
