Law firm expresses confidence in just outcome after its managing partner and his wife were stabbed
Alecia Schmuhl (Fairfax County Police)
The Arlington, Virginia, law firm Bean Kinney & Korman expressed sympathy for its managing partner and his wife in a statement issued on Friday after a bond hearing for a former associate charged in their stabbings.
The law firm said it was confident in a just outcome, report Fox News and Arlington Now.
The managing partner, Leo Fisher, and his wife, Sue Fisher, were hospitalized after the Nov. 9 attack. Prosecutors said in court on Friday that the Fishers were stabbed and held in a “torture session” at their home in McLean, Virginia. The perpetrators allegedly fled after Sue Fisher was able to activate an alarm.
Charged in the attack was a former associate at the firm, Alecia Schmuhl, 30, and her husband, Andrew Schmuhl, 31, a former judge advocate in the U.S. Army. The Schmuhls lived in Springfield, Virginia. At a bond hearing in Fairfax County court on Friday, a lawyer for Alecia Schmuhl said she waited outside the Fishers’ home during the attack and wasn’t aware of her husband’s plans. A judge denied bond.
The Bean Kinney & Korman statement confirmed that Alecia Schmuhl worked at the firm from Feb. 13, 2013, through Oct. 28, 2014, but said the firm could not comment further on her employment and separation from the firm because of the police investigation.
Noting reports by multiple media sources, the Nov. 14 statement said managing shareholder Leo Fisher and his wife “were savagely assaulted and repeatedly stabbed in their home.”
“We are shocked and horrified by the facts of the matter as presented at this morning’s bond hearing for Ms. Schmuhl, and entirely support the decision to deny her bond,” the statement said. “Our hearts go out to a wonderful colleague and his beloved wife. We are doing everything possible to support them through this ordeal and pray for their recovery. We are confident in the ability of the judicial process to achieve a just outcome and will fully cooperate with the Fairfax County investigative authorities to assure that those who have committed these unspeakable offenses against good people are fittingly punished for their actions.”
Prosecutors alleged that Andrew Schmuhl gained entrance to the Fishers’ home by impersonating a police officer. Andrew Schmuhl used zip ties to restrain the Fishers and stabbed both of them, police allege. He also allegedly used a stun gun and fired a shot at Sue Fisher, but missed.
Alecia Schmuhl led police on a four-house chase before she was pulled over, according to a prosecution account. Andrew Schmuhl was seated in the car wearing only a diaper, according to the account. Police say they found bloody clothes, a Taser and a gun in the back seat.
