October 5, 2026 | Attorney Insights
Federal sentencing is not just about the hearing date. The Sentencing Guidelines, Presentence Investigation Report, mitigation evidence, and written advocacy can all shape the final result When someone is facing federal sentencing, it is easy to focus on one thing: sentencing day. But much of the work that can affect a federal sentence happens weeks […]
Read moreOctober 3, 2026 | Attorney Insights
Jury selection is not about finding jurors who “like” the defendant. It is about identifying people who can follow the law, keep an open mind, and hold the prosecution to its burden of proof. If you have never been through a criminal trial, you may picture jury selection the way it appears on television: lawyers […]
Read moreSeptember 25, 2026 | Attorney Insights
When I receive discovery in a criminal case, the police report is important, but I don’t treat it as the final word on what happened. A police report is written from the perspective of the investigation. In my experience, information that supports the government’s theory tends to make its way into that report. Information that […]
Read moreSeptember 21, 2026 | Attorney Insights
When I first get a criminal case, much of what I receive is about one particular event. The police report tells me what allegedly happened. Witness statements tell me what people say they saw. Videos may show part or all of the incident. Eventually, I need to understand all of that evidence because I can’t […]
Read moreSeptember 11, 2026 | Attorney Insights
One of the hardest parts of being a criminal defense lawyer is helping someone make a decision when there may not be a clearly right answer. I can review the discovery, investigate the case, talk to witnesses, evaluate the law and give my client my opinion about what I think he should do. Sometimes I […]
Read moreSeptember 4, 2026 | Attorney Insights
One of the first things clients want after hiring me is the discovery. Sometimes they expect that because they hired a lawyer today, I should have all of the evidence in the case tomorrow. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. What we receive and when we receive it can vary considerably depending on where the […]
Read moreAugust 25, 2026 | Attorney Insights
One of the expectations we sometimes have to work through with a new client is pretty simple: “I hired an attorney, so now my case should be dismissed.” I understand why someone would hope for that, and there are certainly cases where a dismissal is exactly the outcome we are working toward. But there are […]
Read moreAugust 20, 2026 | Attorney Insights
A lot of what we deal with in criminal defense starts with a mistake. In my experience, the majority of my clients are good people. They have families, careers, responsibilities, and people who depend on them. They aren’t people who wake up in the morning planning to commit a crime. More often, they made a […]
Read moreAugust 14, 2026 | Attorney Insights
When somebody walks into my office charged with a crime, I’m not there to decide whether they’re a good person or a bad person. People make mistakes. Good people make bad decisions. People also get accused of things they didn’t do, and sometimes what actually happened is a lot more complicated than the first version […]
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