Testing the Boundaries of Brooker and Andrews in the age of COVID-19 Approximately two years before COVID-19 reached our shores, Congress passed the First Step Act (“FSA”)—a federal law authorizing incarcerated individuals to file compassionate release motions on...
Eliminating Crack and Cocaine Sentencing Disparities Recently, we secured a substantial win for a client who was facing a maximum of 33 years in federal prison for a conviction of drug trafficking and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking...
One of the first things you might wonder when hiring a private criminal defense lawyer is how much representation is going to cost you. It’s a legitimate concern and one that most accused individuals concern themselves with while searching for a lawyer. If this...
While fentanyl and fentanyl analogue offenders still make up a small proportion of federal drug trafficking defendants, the number of offenders have sharply increased over the last few years, and defendants are facing high sentences. In January of 2021, the United...
A recent decision in the Third Circuit totally changed the playing field for criminal history in federal criminal matters, as well as in firearm offenses. In United States v. Nasir No. 18-2888, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 37489, *53 (3d Cir. Dec. 1, 2020), the Third...
