Spodek Law Group

Brooklyn Federal Criminal Lawyers

Not all criminal prosecutions are carried out by local authorities. You may have been arrested and charged with breaking state and federal law. If you are swept up into a case involving federal authorities, you count on being prosecuted by the United States government.

Fighting off a federal conviction requires an entirely different kind of defense team and strategy. Although you may be perfectly innocent of the crime that you have been charged with, the fact that your name is on an arrest warrant puts you at serious risk of losing your freedom. It is therefore important for you to hire a criminal lawyer who specializes in federal cases. If you are convicted, you might want to consider appealing the crime and speaking to a federal criminal appeals lawyer.

There is certainly no shortage of law firms that have lawyers who have deep knowledge of New York State criminal code, lawyers who are well-connected to the police and prosecutorial offices of New York city, lawyers with an excellent rate and record of acquittal. This means very little if you are in the cross-hairs of federal prosecutors. The latter work outside of the local system and tend to associate, network, and coordinate with their colleagues throughout the country.

The volume and quality of resources that federal prosecutors can bring to bear on a case outstrips what the locals can do. They have the money, technology, and expertise of the government of the United States at their disposal. The case they mount against you is likely to be solid and formidable.

But you cannot buckle under the fear and pressure. The fact that you are being prosecuted under federal laws makes no difference to your right to defend yourself. You should not allow yourself to be intimidated by sharper suits and a perhaps more subtle and nuanced way of interrogating you. The right not to turn in evidence against yourself remains, and you should refuse to answer all questions until your lawyer is present.

There is an entire range of federal criminal code that your lawyer will need to understand in order to keep you out of federal prison. The person you hire must also know how to do battle with federal prosecutors as you go through the judicial process. Without this insight and competence the government is likely to prevail, and you might be sent away for quite some time.
The simple fact is that despite the substantially increased resources of federal prosecutors the case against you must still be proven. The burden remains on them to prove your guilt; they must still come up with evidence that makes you culpable for the crime you are accused of committing. Without this evidence and connection they have no case, no matter how tough they appear.

If it is the case that federal prosecutors can link you to a case they have spent years putting together and are now ready to pursue, you should still get yourself a federal criminal attorney. The federal government is willing to cut all kinds of deals to get the really big fish, to put the top people in the organization they suspect of criminality away.

Your part may have been small, unsubstantial and indistinct. Yet, you may have information that they want. Don’t throw your chance at getting a deal by giving them all they want voluntarily. A criminal defense lawyer who knows how to work with the feds and has experience and expertise in negotiating immunity and other types of deals can help you put together such a package.

The bottom line is that you should not allow yourself to be bullied or intimidated by federal prosecutors. Working with a defense lawyer who specializes in such cases will help you get a judicial outcome that is in your favor.