Written by the lawyers who fight these cases.

Cooperation is the only currency a federal defendant controls, and its value depreciates by the hour. The question is not whether to…

The Asymmetry Cooperation credit in federal court is not earned. It is granted. The distinction between those two words contains the whole…

The proffer letter is a contract of adhesion, and the adhesion is the point. What arrives from the United States Attorney's Office,…

The proffer session is the only proceeding in federal criminal practice where a defendant is expected to assemble the government's case. Every…

The Proffer Letter Itself The proffer letter is a contract, and the first thing your attorney should do is read it as…

Most clients have signed the proffer agreement before they understand what it permits. The document, which in most federal districts runs to…

Cooperation is the single most consequential decision a defendant will confront in a federal money laundering investigation, and it is almost always…

Cooperation is the fulcrum of every federal gun trafficking case, whether the defendant recognizes it or not. The government does not construct…

The proffer session is the most consequential meeting most defendants in federal tax evasion cases will ever attend, and the one they…

Cooperation is not one thing. The word appears in proffer agreements and plea negotiations, in corporate enforcement policies and regulatory settlements, and…

The Seal Is Not the Shield Cooperation in a federal criminal case produces a record. The question, for most clients who sit…