As a federal criminal lawyer, it is refreshing to observe a federal district court's admission that applying the Bruen case in federal criminal firearms cases is highly challenging. In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. __, 142 S.Ct. 2111...
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Top federal criminal lawyer address arguments in support of bond and pre-trial release in federal criminal prosecutions
One of the issues that top federal criminal lawyers are routinely required to address in their representations of their client defendants is whether their client will be granted bail/bond and thus pre-trial release, or whether their client will be required to remain...
Top Chicago criminal lawyer addresses how the theft of an employer’s trade secrets could result in a federal criminal prosecution
As a top Chicago criminal lawyer, I am often confronted with situations where an employee's alleged theft or conversion of his former employer's purported trade secrets results in a potential or actual Federal criminal prosecution. This is not unlike numerous other...
Leading federal criminal lawyer address the importance of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
As a leading federal criminal lawyer, I am often asked by clients at initial consultations, and throughout the process of representation, about the significance of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. This is an important question for any federal criminal defendant. For...
Best Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer to speak at Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2022 Violent Crimes Seminar
Best Chicago criminal defense lawyer Michael Leonard of Chicago-based Leonard Trial Lawyers will be one of the featured speakers at the Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 2022 Violent Crimes seminar. The seminar is entitled, "Defending Violent Crimes in...
Top Federal criminal lawyer obtains significantly below Federal Sentencing Guidelines result for client in money laundering and unlicensed money transmitter case
Top federal criminal lawyer discusses obtaining a significantly below Federal Sentencing Guidelines sentence for client in a money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business prosecution. On Friday, November 4, 2022, federal District Court Judge...
Best Federal Criminal Lawyer discusses new case interpreting federal gun law section 922(n)
A best federal criminal lawyer addresses a recent Texas federal district court decision on the federal gun statute, section 922. By way of background, in mid-summer 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued a Second Amendment decision which relied upon an...
Top Federal criminal lawyer addresses Supreme Court’s Bruen decision and section 922 federal gun cases
A top federal criminal lawyer must always be mindful of how new United States Supreme Court and federal Circuit Court precedent may impact pending and future federal criminal cases - including in the context of (18 U.S.C.) "922" federal gun cases. More specifically,...
Leading federal criminal lawyer discusses Fifth Amendment privilege and section 6003
Leading federal criminal lawyer Michael Leonard addresses the issue of whether a federal criminal defendant can be compelled to testify in a co-defendant’s trial after pleading guilty, despite asserting his Fifth Amendment rights. The short answer is yes. 18 U.S.C...
Top Chicago Federal Criminal lawyer discusses Chicago’s new judge in federal court
Michael Leonard discusses Chicago’s new judge in federal court