Michael Magidson

• Michael Magidson has joined Blalock, Walters, Held & Johnson in Bradenton as an associate.

Michael Magidson has joined Blalock, Walters, Held & Johnson in Bradenton as an associate. He will work in the firm's business, healthcare, and litiga...

• Florida Bar News
• November 15, 2009

• Two Calif. Men Convicted in Killing of Transgender Teen

HAYWARD, Calif. - Two men who had sex with a transgender teen and then discovered she was biologically male were convicted of her murder, but cleared of hate crime charges. Michael Magidson and Jose Merel, both 25, face mandatory sentences of 15 years-to-life in prison for second-degree murder in the killing of Gwen Araujo, who was beaten, tied up and strangled.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• September 14, 2005

• Two Guilty in Transgender Teen's Murder

HAYWARD Two men who had sex with a transgender teen and then discovered she was biologically male were convicted Monday of her murder, but cleared of hate crime charges. Michael Magidson and Jose Merel, both 25, face mandatory sentences of 15 years-to-life in prison for second-degree murder in the killing of Gwen Araujo, who was beaten, tied up and strangled.

• Press Telegram
• November 15, 2005

• Michigan v. Lucas, 500 U.S. 145 (1991)

... Mueller, Deputy Solicitor General Bryson, Michael R. Dreeben, and Sean Connelly. Mark H. Magidson a...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Two Men Guilty in Slaying of Transgendered Teen

Two men who had sex with a transgender teen and then discovered she was biologically male were convicted Monday of her murder but cleared of hate crime charges. Michael Magidson and Jose Merel, both 25, face mandatory sentences of 15 years-to-life in prison for second-degree murder in the killing of Gwen Araujo, who was beaten, tied up and strangled.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• September 13, 2005

• 2 Men Convicted of Killing Transgender Teen in 2002

HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) -- Two men were convicted Monday of murdering a transgender teen who was beaten, tied up and strangled after they had sex with her and discovered she was biologically male. Michael Magidson and Jose Merel, both 25, face mandatory sentences of 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder in the killing of Gwen Araujo in 2002.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• September 13, 2005

• Suspect Denies Killing Transgendered Teen

HAYWARD - A Fremont man who previously confessed to killing a transgender teen denied that he strangled Gwen Araujo and testified that another man admitted to murdering her. Michael Magidson, 25, testified in his retrial Tuesday that Jaron Nabors, one of four men arrested in the 17-year-old's murder, admitted to killing Araujo after they learned of her biological identity at a party in Newark in October 2002.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• August 18, 2005

• The news of our lives: just a few of the many dramatic developments that marked 2005 as another year of dramatic change.

... Santorum of Pennsylvania, tells blogger Michael Rogers that he is gay, "Not only is Mr. Traynham a...'s Sierra Nevada foothills, Michael Magidson and Jose Merel are found guilty of second-degree m...

• The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine
• Nbr. 2006, January 2006

• Around the Nation

Mistake causes L.A. blackout LOS ANGELES - Utility workers connected the wrong wires and caused a blackout across major portions of Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, trapping people in elevators and snarling traffic at intersections, authorities said.

...Michael Magidson and Jose Merel, both 25, face mandatory s...

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• September 13, 2005

• Justice for Gwen.

Three years ago Michael Magidson and Jose Merel, now both 25, tied up tran...

• The Advocate. The National Gay & Lesbian Newsmagazine
• Nbr. 2005, January 2005