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Leading Federal criminal defense lawyer Michael Leonard explains the third-party custodian concept. As addressed previous posts, one of the earliest and most significant decisions the court is required to make in a federal criminal case is whether the defendant will...
Top Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard guest speaker for University of Iowa pre-law students. On November 30, 2023, Mike was the guest speaker for the University of Iowa pre-law students from the University of Iowa Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity. We talked law school,...
Top Chicago Criminal Lawyer Michael Leonard on WGN Radio 720's "Let's Get Legal" with Jon Hansen. Mike, Jon, and fellow attorney Patrick Dolan appeared on Saturday November 26. For this episode, they took calls from individuals with a wide range of legal issues. Not...
Best Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard on the differences between the Federal Rules of Evidence and State Rules of Evidence. The Federal Rules of Evidence ("FRE") and State court rules of evidence govern the admissibility and presentation of evidence in legal...
Top Federal Criminal Lawyer Michael Leonard discusses Bruen 922g felon in possession decision from Judge Gettleman. As discussed in prior posts, the United States Supreme Court's decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen ("Bruen")...
Best Chicago Criminal Lawyers discuss proof beyond a reasonable doubt. One of the recurring issues that clients raise with us is the concept of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Here, we briefly explore what proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” means; why it is so...
Best Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard on federal wire fraud. Federal prosecutors commonly charge violations of the federal wire fraud statute as a basis for criminal prosecution. The statute can turn what oftentimes looks like what should be a breach of contract matter...
Best Federal Lawyers explain the two most important factors in federal bail determinations. The first significant decision that needs to be made by the court when a defendant is charged with a federal crime is whether he/she will remain in custody until the time of...
Top Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyers explain Federal Supervised Release. In conjunction with the vast majority of federal criminal sentences, the defendant is also given a term of "Supervised Release.” Practically, this is attune to old school probation. Meaning that,...
Best Chicago Criminal Lawyer Michael Leonard reviews Seventh Circuit decision regarding the issue of suicide under the Bail Reform Act. The case is United States v. Storme, No. 23-2615. The Seventh Circuit judges on the Opinion are Brennan, Scudder, and St. Eve. In...