Criminal Defense

Q: What’s the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion? A: A good lawyer. I love that joke for two reasons: it assumes we win our cases, and it shows exactly how difficult a white-collar criminal case can be. It’s a popular myth that all white-collar defendants are like Bernie Madoff, engaging in egregious acts…

On December 26, 2020, a former Maryland mail carrier pleaded guilty to stealing credit cards from the mail. The federal prosecutor’s offices said that the 27-year-old female mail carrier, Daniyelle Barnes, faces up to five years in prison. The investigation into the mail carrier’s conduct started back in July 2019 when police officers “found 12…

Since December 2020, there has been a spike in the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths across the country. The spike is causing some hospitals to prioritize which patients they can treat and which ones they can’t treat. To help reduce the spread of the deadly disease, the Maryland Court of Appeals announced that jury…

It’s one thing for a few college students to be charged with possession or even sale of small amounts of marijuana. It’s another when they’re charged with trafficking in more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and large amounts of other drugs including several hundred kilos of cocaine and ecstasy. A federal investigation found that the…

There are all kinds of creative ways parents come up with to punish or discipline their kids these days. The thing is that there really isn’t any need to recreate the wheel when it comes to correcting a child’s behavior. The basics still work like a charm and they’re not likely to land you in…

So you’ve committed a crime and someone saw you do it. You know if they’re discovered, or worse, have already come forward, you have a problem. Getting them out of the way seems like a fantastic idea to clear your path to freedom, doesn’t it? If nobody can say they saw you, it all goes…

When you’re facing criminal charges, whether you’re guilty or innocent, facing the criminal justice system is nerve-wracking. Your attorney is there to help you navigate the system and help you avoid criminal penalties and conviction. There’s a lot at stake, and sometimes nervous clients fail to divulge certain facts to their attorney about their case.…

Interesting news out of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Recent records show that prosecution of white-collar offenders has reached the lowest point since tracking began during the Reagan administration. Data published by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University found a 25 percent dip in the number of prosecutions in January 2020 as…

We adore our pets – our dogs, cats, lizards, birds, horses – whatever we love and loves us back. And sure, our pets might expose us to stuff we don’t want, like the occasional flea or tick, some slobbering or a playful nip here and there. But it probably never occurred to you (or us…

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) District of Maryland is reporting the sentencing of a California woman to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. This is in connection with a wider scheme to fraudulently obtain goods using what appeared to be a military email address, but was…