A Former Prosecutor Fighting For Your Rights In State And Federal Courts
According to a recent report from The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the number of meth lab seizure incidents in the state of Oklahoma increased by 440% from 2008 to 2011. From 2009 to 2010, Oklahoma was listed as one of the top ten states for rates...
In September, news agencies broke a riveting pharmaceutical industry story that's stimulated an impassioned national conversation about pharmaceutical fraud and drug industry regulations. At the center of the media maelstrom is 32-year-old Martin Shkreli, a hedge fund...
On October 15th, 53-year-old Teresa Floyd received a harsh sentence from a Montgomery Alabama Court as a result of her participation in a multimillion dollar tax fraud ring. According to press reports, Floyd and Lasondra Davis, her daughter, operated multiple tax...
A Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation into the practices of former executives at Los Alamos National Bank led to a substantial settlement ($1.5 million) to resolve fraud charges. According to local reports from the Albuquerque Journal, the SEC...
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recently established new eligibility requirements for sentence commutation. Commutation is a form of clemency that is defined by that state as “as matter of grace, mercy, privilege, or favor” and not a right. An inmate...
Traditionally, the primary purposes of any penal institutions are to prevent the criminal from engaging in additional illegal acts, to punish the criminal for the crimes already committed, to deter other individuals from committing crimes by example, and to...
In the past years, two embezzlement cases have hit local headlines. On September 11, 2013, a former bookkeeper with Allstate Electrical Contractors, Inc., in Oklahoma City, pleaded guilty in federal court to making a forged security and filing a false tax return....
Did you know it’s possible to be released from detention while awaiting your sentence? The courts may release a defendant from federal detention while they wait for their sentencing hearing if the Court finds the defendant is unlikely to flee and does not pose a...
If you have become injured or ill, and your medical condition prevents you from working, you may qualify for Social Security Disability benefits. However, the Social Security Administration’s idea of what constitutes a disabling condition and your idea of what...
Last week, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma announced that it had been involved in collecting nearly $5 million in asset forfeiture from criminal cases in fiscal year 2014. U.S. Attorney Sanford Coats reported that the...
