Source: https://www.defenselawyerfederalcrime.com/white-collar/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 12:03:48+00:00

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When it comes to federal white collar cases, David M. Dudley provides a greater level of service than any major corporate law firm, at a fraction of the cost. Rather than charging clients with high hourly fees for work that is often unnecessary, Mr. Dudley structures a flat fee to cover an entire case.
Unlike almost all attorneys from the white-collar departments of large corporate firms, Mr. Dudley has tried dozens of federal cases as a defense lawyer. And, unlike these high-priced corporate litigators, Mr. Dudley has actually won numerous federal cases as a defense lawyer.
He has represented clients charged with manufacturing, importing or distributing counterfeit and contraband products such as cigarettes, bank checks and credit cards. He has defended against hundreds of money laundering prosecutions of numerous kinds.
Since the inception of the federal sentencing guidelines, Mr. Dudley has developed a practical expertise in maneuvering through them to minimize his clients’ sentences in financial-crimes cases. In some instances, he has been able to reduce the financial culpability of his clients by millions of dollars.
Mr. Dudley’s white-collar clients have ranged from entertainment executives and artists to small business owners and corporate executives, to doctors and accountants. Attesting to Mr. Dudley’s legal acumen, numerous other lawyers have asked him to represent them in criminal cases or sought his advice while under criminal investigation.
Over the years, however, the distinction between white versus blue-collar crimes has come to lie in the fact that white-collar crimes do not involve the act or threat of force or violence, while blue-collar crimes do.
Mr. Dudley is a white-collar crimes attorney with extensive experience guiding his clients through the legal system. He has developed a practical expertise to minimize his clients’ sentences in financial-crimes cases and has reduced his clients’ financial culpability by millions of dollars.
P. v. H.W.: The defendant, who owned an insurance agency and the office building from which the agency did business, was accused of attempting to bribe a city official to avoid having to spend money for substantial construction necessary to place the building in compliance with city codes. After the defense presented its claim at a preliminary hearing that the prosecution could not prove that the object which the defendant allegedly offered to the public officer had any market value, the district attorney agreed to DISMISS all felony charges.
S. v. H.S.: The defendant, who owned a computer business, was arrested with his alleged co-conspirators in possession of over $400,000 in cash at the culmination of a reverse sting operation during which undercover officers offered to sell them counterfeit Intel computer chips. Before trial, the court granted a defense motion to DISMISS the indictment, which included numerous serious felony charges.
P. v. R.B.: The defendant was charged with numerous counts of money laundering. A two-week trial resulted in a HUNG JURY. Shortly before the re-trial was to commence, the prosecutor agreed to DISMISS all charges.
P. v. M.W.: The defendant was a Chinese businessman who received from the purported victim goods worth over $250,000. As partial payment for those goods, the defendant provided the supplier with a check for $100,000. The defendant’s bank returned the check for insufficient funds. The prosecution charged the defendant with several felony fraud counts in relation to his provision of that check. At preliminary hearing, Attorney Dudley persuaded the court that the district attorney had not met its burden of proving that his client had the necessary wrongful intent. Consequently, the judge DISMISSED the case against the defendant.
P. v. J.T.: Local authorities charged the defendant and his company, a mid-size nationwide bakery, with various code violations. Some of the charges were filed as felonies. The defense eventually convinced prosecutors to DISMISS the case.
P. v. M.W.: While in the process of obtaining her United States citizenship, the defendant was arrested in possession of a substantial amount of counterfeit Microsoft software less than two years after Attorney Dudley had persuaded a court in another state to DISMISS a similar case against her. The district attorney in the new matter filed several serious felony counts against the defendant and subsequently refused to consider any settlement not involving a felony plea. Conducting his own research, Attorney Dudley was able to find an obscure statute, apparently not used by prosecutors in years, the violation of which represented a felony, but not a felony involving moral turpitude which would have prevented her successful naturalization. After the district attorney agreed to let the defendant plead no contest to that statute as a resolution of the case, the defendant received a sentence of PROBATION with no jail time (even though Microsoft attorneys had asked the judge to incarcerate her) and then obtained her American citizenship. After she completed her term of probation, the defense persuaded the judge to DISMISS the case.
U.S. v. C.V.: The defendant was the office manager for several health clinics which allegedly defrauded the government and several health insurance companies of over $42,000,000 dollars. The United States Attorney named her as a principal conspirator in a multi-count indictment. After litigating numerous pre-trial motions, the defense eventually negotiated a disposition for approximately 22 months of TIME SERVED.
U.S. v. J.T.: The defendant owned an international trading company which allegedly smuggled millions of dollars in illegal products into the United States from China and faced federal smuggling charges. The defense negotiated a settlement of the case which allowed the defendant to serve only six months in a prison camp.
U.S. v. S.W.: Federal customs authorities arrested the defendant as the recipient of over $3,000,000 in counterfeit Marlboro cigarettes shipped in a container from China. After negotiating a plea to one count of a multi-count federal indictment, the defense persuaded the court to sentence the defendant below the applicable sentencing guideline range. Ultimately, the Mr. Dudley’s client served only eleven months for the offense.
U.S. v. G.A.: The defendant owned several tobacco stores. As a result of an undercover operation, law-enforcement officers learned that he was avoiding payment of state taxes on cigarettes sold from his store by placing counterfeit tax stamps on the cigarette packages. A federal grand jury then indicted him for numerous contraband cigarette offenses through which he allegedly avoided paying over $1,500,000 in state taxes. The defense later reached a settlement of the case under which the defendant received a sentence of only 24 months. Although he was only a permanent resident, not a citizen, of the United States, the defendant was able to avoid deportation to his home country after his release from custody.
P. v. C.H.: The defendant managed a post-market automotive supply store for a famous NBA basketball player. Executing a search warrant at the store, state and local authorities found a substantial amount of stolen automotive and computer equipment. Charged with numerous felony counts of receiving, and conspiring to receive, stolen property, the defendant faced over 20 years in prison because of a robbery and kidnapping conviction he had sustained many years earlier. Attorney Dudley was able to negotiate a settlement which resulted in his client receiving PROBATION with electronic monitoring and, after the probationary term was completed, a DISMISSAL of the case.
P. v. S.L.: As an accountant for a nationwide private air transportation company, the defendant supposedly embezzled over $125,000 from that business. Prosecutors charged her with several felony embezzlement counts. Challenging some of the documentation which the alleged victim provided in support of its claims, the defense negotiated a disposition which permitted the defendant to receive PROBATION with electronic monitoring, while only having to pay $25,000 in restitution.
S v. Y.M.L.:The defendant was accused of providing a bad check for over $18,000 to a casino. Pursuant to a civil settlement, the defense obtained a DISMISSAL of all felony allegations.
P. v J.C.: The defendant company was a dairy which sold cheese, among other dairy products, to retail stores. Unfortunately, a mysterious outbreak of listeria at the dairy contaminated several batches of cheese without the company’s knowledge. After eating the contaminated cheese, several people died. Prosecutors charged the owner of the company with involuntary manslaughter, among other serious felony allegations. Conducting its own investigation which supported its claim that company had undertaken sufficient health and safety precautions despite the unfortunate outbreak, the defense was able to negotiate a settlement for PROBATION with no jail time.
U.S. v. K.R.: A Jamaican citizen, the defendant faced a federal indictment for conspiring to purchase a falsified American passport. Although the defendant was wanted for numerous crimes in Jamaica and Great Britain, including multiple homicides, the defense was able to negotiate a deal which resulted in him receiving a sentence of eight months.
P. v. F.I.: The defendant, a day trader of stocks and bonds, purchased a considerable amount of computer equipment from a retail store, equipment which turned out to be stolen. After he was charged with felony possession of stolen property, the defense worked out a misdemeanor disposition for PROBATION which prevented him from going to jail and permitted him to remain in the country even though he was not a citizen.

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