Written by the lawyers who fight these cases.

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…

Cooperation does not come with anonymity. That is the sentence most attorneys save for the third meeting, after the client has committed…

The Asymmetry at the Center Cooperation in a federal case is not a negotiation. It is a sequence in which the defendant…