 Senator Mike DeWine; however, he dropped out of the race on February 14, 2006, and said that he would return to his law practice.On April 9, 2009, Hackett, acting as defense counsel to Sgt.Ryan Weemer, USMC, obtained an acquittal on charges of murdering an insurgent in Fallujah on November 9, 2004, the Second Battle of Fallujah's first day.