[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/dallas-attorney-pleads-guilty-to-murder\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/dallas-attorney-pleads-guilty-to-murder\/","headline":"Dallas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Murder","name":"Dallas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Murder","description":"According to a recent article on DallasNews.com, a prominent Dallas plaintiff\u2019s attorney recently pleaded guilty to murder. The lawyer, Scott Marshall, pleaded guilty on January 20th to murdering Staci Michelle Montgomery, the ex-wife of Marshall\u2019s former law partner Bady Sassin. In return for his plea, Marshall received a 40-year prison sentence. The plea hearing took...","datePublished":"2012-02-14","dateModified":"2023-04-26","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/broden-mickelsen\/#Person","name":"Mick Mickelsen","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/broden-mickelsen\/","identifier":16,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30690d9f76c45bf5d61434169e78762d673b1ac9b949489cf69f1c78d567fc27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30690d9f76c45bf5d61434169e78762d673b1ac9b949489cf69f1c78d567fc27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broden, Mickelsen LLP","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","width":378,"height":77}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lawyer-team-about-us.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/lawyer-team-about-us.jpg","width":806,"height":668},"url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/dallas-attorney-pleads-guilty-to-murder\/","about":["Criminal Defense","News","Violent Crime"],"wordCount":465,"articleBody":"According to a recent article on DallasNews.com, a prominent Dallas plaintiff\u2019s attorney recently pleaded guilty to murder.The lawyer, Scott Marshall, pleaded guilty on January 20th to murdering Staci Michelle Montgomery, the ex-wife of Marshall\u2019s former law partner Bady Sassin. In return for his plea, Marshall received a 40-year prison sentence.The plea hearing took place before Judge Don Adams in Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 2. At the hearing, Marshall kept his head down and did not speak as the victim\u2019s mother, Donna Cowey, made a statement concerning the devastating impact of her daughter\u2019s death. \u201cYou did this because you were mad at other people. You were mad at her,\u201d Cowey said. \u201cBut you hurt other people\u2026 She was supposed to be home making cookies that day.\u201d Cowey went on to say that she\u2019s had trouble sleeping since the murder and that her youngest daughter, only 21, will never be the same since dealing with the sudden and grisly loss of a sister.Marshall\u2019s former partner, Sassin, a Dallas solo attorney, also chose to make a statement. He was angry and said that Marshall should get down on his knees and beg for forgiveness. Before finishing his remarks Sassin added, \u201cIf you did this to get back at me\u2026 you win.\u201dOn December 20, 2009, Marshall shot and killed Montgomery at his Addison home. At the time, Marshall was involved in litigation against Sassin, who had sued Marshall over the break-up of their former Dallas law firm, Marshall Sassin. Prosecutors allege Marshall intended to use Sassin\u2019s ex to get incriminating information that would help him in the suit. When Montgomery wouldn\u2019t tell him anything prosecutors believe Marshall decided to kill her to hurt Sassin. Prosecutors said that killing Montgomery would strike at the heart of Sassin. Marshall is said to have killed Montgomery to punish Sassin, forcing him to live with that for the rest of his life. Marshall\u2019s attorneys deny that revenge was the motive.At the plea hearing in January of this year Marshall also pleaded guilty to drug charges related to the murder. Marshall\u2019s defense attorney said that the whole tragic incident had to do with Marshall\u2019s addiction to drugs, \u201cThey destroy lives, even attorneys\u2019 lives.\u201dAfter the defense and the state were unable to chose a jury last December Marshall offered to plead guilt to spare the families a gruesome trial. Apparently many members of the jury were struck for cause during voir dire due to prejudice against a defendant that is an attorney.Though this plea deal represents an end to the criminal component of the case, the civil case lives on. Last month, Montgomery\u2019s mother, Cowey, filed a wrongful-death suit against Marshall and several of Marshall\u2019s relatives."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dallas Attorney Pleads Guilty to Murder","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/dallas-attorney-pleads-guilty-to-murder\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]