Although the Firm is known for its trial work, it is also brought in to criminal cases to fight for reasonable sentences where the individual has decided to plead guilty. The Firm is known for its creative and unique approaches to sentencing, including the use of videos and PowerPoint presentations.
Many times, the Firm is able to obtain a reasonable sentence because its investigation devastated the prosecution case. For example, a CEO of a publicly traded corporation was charged in a 16-count securities fraud and tax fraud indictment. That indictment was dismissed after the Firm’s investigation demonstrated that the cooperating witness had child pornography on his computer. Because of the Firm’s work, the CEO was able to plead to a one count conspiracy charge and was sentenced to 4 years in jail even though his sentencing guidelines were over 25 years in jail. Read the coverage here.
Other recent sentencing results include:
- a mortgage fraud defendant being sentenced to home confinement even though the guidelines called for over 2 years in federal prison;
- a lawyer being sentenced to a year in federal prison in a mortgage fraud case, where the initial guidelines were calculated at close to 17 years in prison (covered by the DBR here);
- a medicare fraud defendant being sentenced to probation even though the guidelines also called for 2 years in federal prison;
- a sentence of probation in a tax fraud case in which the client was accused of hiding money in an offshore Swiss account; and
- the infamously dubbed “Playstation case,” resulted in a sentence of probation for his client where the allegations included violations of OFAC and IEEPA.