Federal Appeal, Criminal Sentence Reduction, and Fee Recovery

The client was originally charged in 2007 with cocaine distribution conspiracy, and money laundering charges in federal court in Miami. Without spending the time finding a qualified federal defense lawyer to help him, his family hired two “attorneys” who promised him the world. In fact, unknown to the client, neither “attorney” was licensed to practice in federal court. Not only did they lie about this, they advised the client to plead guilty and receive a 15- year prison sentence. They then abandoned him, but not before taking everything he had to the tune of $275,000. As soon as our office was retained, the first thing we did was obtain a 50% reduction on the client's sentence. We then obtained a refund of all legal fees as a result of their illegal and unethical conduct. Even after winning this, our former lawyers appealed the decision to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. We pursued the case on appeal and after oral arguments won again having the court's judgment affirmed.