Areas of Practice

State Criminal Defense

State criminal defense is a legal focus on representing individuals facing state-level criminal charges. Attorneys in this field safeguard clients' rights in misdemeanors or felonies, navigating state legal complexities. Their expertise includes theft, assault, drug crimes, and homicides. Well-versed in state-specific statutes, they build strong defense strategies, seeking favorable outcomes like reduced charges. State criminal defense attorneys ensure fair representation in the state criminal justice system.

Federal Criminal Defense

Federal criminal defense involves skilled representation for individuals facing charges at the federal level. Attorneys navigate complex federal laws, defending clients against offenses like fraud, drug trafficking, firearm charges, and white-collar crimes. Focused on protecting clients' rights, they strive for favorable outcomes, including reduced charges or case dismissals in the federal legal system.

Post-Conviction Relief Litigation

Post-conviction relief is a mechanism in which a person convicted of a crime can seek to reverse their convictions and/or sentences based on constitutional violations that occurred during the criminal trial court proceedings.  In a post-conviction case, a person can only challenge constitutional violations that could not have been addressed during direct appeal.  Ineffective assistance of counsel is by and large the most common constitutional violation addressed in post-conviction proceedings.  A person must successfully prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, two elements in order to prevail in a post-conviction case dealing with the ineffective assistance of counsel: (1) their trial attorney failed to act within reasonable professional norms (in layman's terms, the trial attorney made a mistake), and (2) the trial attorney’s performance prejudiced the client.