Family of ALEX PRETTI retains lawyers who helped prosecute the GEORGE FLOYD case

Friday, January 30, 2026-The family of 37‑year‑old Alex Pretti has retained high‑profile legal representation, including a former federal prosecutor who played a key role in the conviction of the police officer found guilty in the George Floyd murder trial. 

Pretti, an intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was fatally shot while filming a Border Patrol immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis earlier this month. His parents, Michael and Susan Pretti, have secured attorney Steve Schleicher, who served as a special prosecutor in the 2021 trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, to represent them pro bono as they navigate the aftermath of the shooting.

Schleicher brings extensive experience handling murder, organized crime, racketeering, and civil rights cases, having spent 13 years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota before entering private practice. 

The family has said the legal team was retained to “protect the family’s interest in the aftermath of this horrific tragedy,” underscoring both the gravity of the situation and their intent to seek accountability. In addition to Schleicher, Pretti’s younger sister, Micayla Pretti, has independently hired attorney Anthony Cotton of Kuchler & Cotton in Milwaukee to pursue legal avenues on her own behalf.

The decision to bring in lawyers with high‑profile civil rights and criminal justice experience signals the family’s determination to press forward with a comprehensive response, potentially including civil litigation and broader scrutiny of law enforcement conduct. Pretti was legally carrying a handgun, a fact noted in early reports and video footage of the shooting that appears to show law enforcement removing his weapon before multiple officers opened fire. 

His death follows a separate January 7 shooting of Minneapolis resident Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer; Good’s family has also retained legal counsel with ties to the Floyd case, adding to mounting pressure for clarity and justice in both incidents.