Finding a great criminal defense attorney for your case is necessary. Trying to retain a high profile criminal defense lawyer, though, may not be the most viable choice for you even if you can afford their high fees. Many celebrity attorneys do not do the pretrial and investigative work and at times do not demonstrate […]

Attorneys must adhere to a high standard when representing clients in any civil or criminal matter. They are required to zealously represent their clients and to act as a fiduciary regarding their client’s funds and assets if entrusted to them. For example, a lawsuit’s settlement funds or a criminal client’s advance payment of fees must […]

In any criminal case, there is often at least one criminal defense that a criminal defense lawyer can use to defend his or her client. Everyone is entitled to certain constitutional protections, one of which is the right against unreasonable searches and seizures. Police may search you and your immediate vicinity for weapons following an […]

Consumer fraud exists everywhere and in any type of business activity or transaction. Any deceptive act or material misrepresentation that is designed to lure or persuade a person to buy a product or service, or which is able to persuade someone to disclose their financial and other identifying information for unlawful use is fraud. Credit […]

Attorneys have a high duty of care and trust toward their clients and to the court. They stand in a fiduciary duty to clients in civil or criminal matters, and may not deceive their clients or the court by engaging in any activity that does materially misrepresent the facts of a case, or which could […]

Criminal fraud is widespread and occurs in many guises. It is committed whenever someone intentionally misrepresents a material fact that another person reasonably relies on to their detriment or financial loss. Most criminal fraud is considered a white-collar crime since it does not involve violence or any coercion to induce someone to do something he […]

Employment fraud comes in many forms, but most are designed to lure desperate job seekers into disclosing their personal information to convicted felons, illegal aliens, and to cyber-thieves who sell the information for others to use. Illegal immigrants or convicted felons who are unable to get employment, use illegally obtained Social Security numbers to obtain […]

Employment fraud is all too common in today’s economy and due to the easy availability to computers. Millions of people have email accounts that employment fraud scammers get access to and bombard with fraudulent job offers asking for fees to sign up or which ask desperate people to commit unsuspecting fraud. Any misleading, deceptive or […]

Criminal fraud takes many forms. It can be simple or quite extensive and involve thousands or even millions of dollars. The elements of criminal fraud are generally uniform in all states. They include (1) making a material misrepresentation of a fact; (2) which the defendant knew to be false or misleading or believed it to […]

Many criminal defendants who have been charged with a serious crime for the first time may not have a clue on where to find the appropriate criminal lawyer for them. If they are low income or indigent, they may have to settle for a court-appointed attorney if they qualify. Some jurisdictions, however, do not provide […]