Vigorous Advocates Fighting For Your Rights
If you’re required to testify in a deposition, hearing or trial, you may want to protect the person who’s being investigated or already been arrested and charged. However, you know that lying when you’re under oath is perjury and that you could face criminal charges...
When someone is charged with murder, varying degrees and types of charges can be applied. The punishment will ultimately depend on the specifics of each individual case. Depending on the circumstances of the crime, a person can be charged with first-degree murder,...
The employment contract you signed had a confidentiality clause prohibiting you from sharing the company's secrets. This includes any non-public information, such as a detail that can be used in trading the company's stock (insider trading). However, a mistake or...
If you're facing criminal charges, the prosecution will have gathered whatever evidence against you that they plan to present in court. However, that evidence may have been collected unlawfully, in a way that violated your constitutional rights. In such situations,...
Most criminal charges are settled through plea deals. If this is not an option, however, your case will go to trial where you may be acquitted or convicted of the crime. But what happens if you are not satisfied with your conviction? Well, you may exercise your right...
Fraud happens when someone acts in a deceptive, unfair, misleading or manipulative way that benefits them the most. Fraud is a white-collar crime and can lead to fines and incarceration. Here’s what you should know: Bank fraud There are many ways people can commit...
Larceny is a serious criminal offense in New York, punishable by imprisonment and hefty fines. Larceny is the wrongful taking of another person's property without their consent and intending to deprive them of the property permanently. To secure a conviction for...
There are situations in which people consider committing a crime and then change their minds. Maybe their plan falls apart, or perhaps they just have a change of heart and decide not to act upon those thoughts. You cannot be arrested simply for thinking of a criminal...
Money laundering is one of the most serious felonies in the country. Taking money acquired illegally and converting it into a legal state constitutes money laundering. This crime is serious because it disguises significant criminal activities and threatens the...
Theft happens in many forms. It can be direct, like burglary or pick-pocketing. It can also be more discrete. White-collar theft is usually executed through transactions. But it can also be direct, like taking funds from someone’s safe deposit or making unauthorized...
