Category: Federal Criminal Defense
The jailing of Texas banker R. Allen Stanford, has led to comparisons with Bernie Madoff and Enron in the annals of white collar crime. Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in jail. His forlorn appearance in a Houston court room was a far cry from his jet setting days on his fleet of private airplanes…
On March 7, 2011, Clint Broden achieved another appellate victory in a Medicaid fraud/Medicare fraud case when the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decided United States v. Isiwele. Mr. Isiwele was convicted at trial and retained Broden & Mickelsen to represent him on criminal appeal in federal court. Mr. Isiwele was…
We have previously blogged on Defending Child Pornography Offenses in Federal Court. As we explained, federal prosecutors are prosecuting child pornography offenses at an astounding rate both here in the Northern District of Texas and throughout the country. We also discussed the dramatic changes over the years in the federal sentencing guidelines for child pornography….
Federal prosecutors are prosecuting child pornography offenses at an astounding rate both here in the Northern District of Texas and throughout the country. Because of Broden & Micklesen’s reputation as one of the preeminent federal criminal defense firms in the United States, we were recently hired to represent the husband of an FBI agent who…
Statistically about 95% of federal criminal trials result in a conviction. For federal drug cases the statistics are even worse. Today Clint and I won another federal drug trial, and as always, given the odds, the victory is gratifying. Clint was first chair in this trial and deserves most of the credit.In this case our…