Would you know what to do or to avoid if you were charged or indicted by the federal government? Most people don¿t. The U.S. Department of Justice is a formidable opponent¿defendants should never underestimate its power.This complete, cost-effective, self-help 640-page guidebook filled with worksheets, tables, charts, maps and case examples provides a ¿blueprint¿ designed to guide federal defendants throughout the entire legal process from indictment to probable incarceration, with further instructions on how to calculate and reduce their sentences and obtain the best possible facilities. Many attorneys use this tremendous resource, and often provide it to their clients to help them understand what they face. Hundreds of cases were studied over a three year period of time. Strategies and evidence highlighted during hundreds of interviews with inmates serving from 11 months to 326 months (27 years) (to the last man, all having wished they had taken the time to better understand what was happening during their indictment) will give every defendant the best knowledge available. Statistics reflect that approximately 94% of all persons indicted by the federal government will plead guilty. Of the remaining six percent, 75% of those who proceed to trial will be convicted. The math indicates, therefore, a 97% likelihood that federal criminal defendants will face sentencing and incarceration. Before this guide went to press, it was reviewed by hundreds of former defendants and inmates. The overwhelming majority concurred with the statement: ¿If I¿d only had a guide like this when I was indicted ¿¿

A wise man once said, "When the Feds knock on your door, they aren't going away." Truer words were never spoken. 98.9% of those subject to Federal Indictment will serve some time in Federal prison. It's the Federal Way and it's not about the truth or innocence, these things have no place in Federal Court.If you are reading this book, you or a loved one is likely facing Federal charges or incarceration. This is a survival guide where you will read the things your lawyer likely won't tell you, including the truth. This book is fact-based, hard-hitting and will prepare you for the challenges ahead. Remember, the house always wins and innocent until proven guilty is a fallacy in the federal judicial system.No one actually knows how many federal laws are documented in the United States, even the government is uncertain. By the 1980s, there were fifty volumes, covering more than 23,000 pages, all documenting federal criminal statutes. Between the years 2000 and 2007, Congress created more than 452 new crimes. Estimates place the number at approximately 300,000 federal crimes that can be committed in the United States. On any given day, you could commit at least one federal offense, and not even know it.

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

This book teaches a defendant or lawyer how to win federal criminal cases. It provides details on all the methods and techniques required to handle the most common scenarios encountered by the majority of defendants. Topics include: drug charges, gun arrests, plea bargains, preliminary hearings, prosecutorial misconduct, drug conspiracy, getting bail, drug possession and distribution, the Career Offender Statute, the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 924(c) charges, bad warrants, illegal car stops, illegal searches, the First Step Act, motions to suppress, winning trial, Miranda rights, illegal house searches, 4th Amendment violations, being busted by the feds, beating the feds, winning a federal trial, mandatory minimums, and fighting enhancements. The book also provides a defendant with the guidance needed to know what items to look for in their case and the understanding that in order to win, they must get involved in their case.

“Somebody with credentials has combed through a mountain of boring literature, highlighted all the ticklish parts and served them up for appreciation. This is an excellent book for people who like to start sentences with ‘Did you know that…’” —The New York Times A hilarious, entertaining, and illuminating compendium of the most bizarre ways you might become a federal criminal in America—from mailing a mongoose to selling Swiss cheese without enough holes—written and illustrated by the creator of the wildly popular @CrimeADay Twitter account. Have you ever clogged a toilet in a national forest? That could get you six months in federal prison. Written a letter to a pirate? You might be looking at three years in the slammer. Leaving the country with too many nickels, drinking a beer on a bicycle in a national park, or importing a pregnant polar bear are all very real crimes, and this riotously funny, ridiculously entertaining, and fully illustrated book shows how just about anyone can become—or may already be—a federal criminal. Whether you’re a criminal defense lawyer or just a self-taught expert in outrageous offenses, How to Become a Federal Criminal is your wonderfully weird window into a criminally overlooked sector of American government.

Busted by the feds includes all of the federal sentencing guidelines in a streamlined, easy to use format, with which a defendant can quickly calculate the sentencing consequences of the charges he faces, and which an attorney will probably want to make a permanent presence in his briefcase.