BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia might be getting new top-shelf legal counsel for his criminal case in Tennessee [View all]
Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Sean Hecker, Jenna Dabbs, & David Patton of Hecker Fink and Rascoe Dean of Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison file a motion to take over as counsel for Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his criminal case in Tennessee.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622/gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.37.0.pdf
Dean is the former Deputy Criminal Chief in the Middle District of Tennessee U.S. Attorneys Office, Patton is the former longtime head of the Federal Defenders of New York, Hecker is the Hecker of Hecker Fink and a former Federal Defender, and Dabbs is a former AUSA from SDNY.
All four are partners at their respective firms.

BREAKING: Sean Hecker, Jenna Dabbs, & David Patton of Hecker Fink and Rascoe Dean of Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison file a motion to take over as counsel for Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his criminal case in Tennessee. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-06-18T01:24:46.361Z