The Kaiser Law Firm PLLC represents people who are caught in the federal criminal justice system. We do this in three ways: we help people who are under investigation by the federal government; we help people who have been charged with a crime in federal court; and we help people who have been convicted in federal court and want to appeal their federal criminal conviction or sentence.
Government Investigations
First, we represent people – and some small companies – in government investigations. The federal government has broad powers to investigate people. The government spends millions of dollars investigating people every year, using the FBI, the Secret Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and an Office of Inspector General in just about every federal agency.
We have represented people who are merely witnesses in an investigation and we have represented people with substantial risk of criminal prosecution.
Many of our clients in government investigations are federal employees or federal contractors. Because the federal government has so many OIG – or Office of Inspector General – resources in federal agencies, we find that people or companies that interact with the federal government are more often investigated than people who work in private industry.
Federal Criminal Defense
Second, we represent people who have been charged with federal crimes. Federal criminal procedure can be very different than criminal cases in state court. We have substantial experience helping people facing federal criminal charges.
We have experience representing people at trial and people who want to explore an agreement with the government to plead guilty.
We’ve represented people accused of a wide variety of crimes. Our former clients have been charged with wire fraud, securities fraud, mail fraud, criminal copyright violations, commodities trading offenses, weapons charges, many different kinds of federal conspiracies, drug charges, export control violations, federal child pornography offenses, computer access device charges and other federal crimes.
We pride ourselves on giving each client’s case – and each client – significant attention and care.
Federal Criminal Appeals
Third, we represent people in federal criminal appeals.
Federal criminal practice can be an arcane area of the law – we spend a significant amount of time studying federal criminal cases to help our clients. Indeed, Matt Kaiser, our founding attorney, runs a blog which is widely read about changes in the law as they relate to federal criminal appeals, The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog. A number of attorneys who practice federal criminal law around the country read The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog to help stay up to date on the law.
Other Areas of Practice
In addition to our criminal practice, we help small businesses and individuals with other kinds of problems. For more information about this part of our firm’s practice, please visit our main firm webpage.
Our lawyers have exceptional credentials and offer the highest quality of representation. We have worked in government and at some of the most prestigious law firms in the nation. We combine that big firm experience with the faster, nimbler footprint of a small firm to provide first-rate hands-on representation. We have experience in the courtroom and the conference room - we aren't afraid to fight for your case wherever it needs to be fought.
If you need an attorney because of a federal criminal investigation or federal criminal case, please call us. Our phone number is (202) 640-2850.
Federal Criminal Appeals Blog
- Short Wins - Forced Medication and Discovery Issues Edition There's a great diversity of cases where defendants won in the federal circuit's last week. Probably the most significant - in terms of it's ....
- Short Wins - Assault on An Officer and the Ex Post Facto Clause There were three wins in the federal circuits last week, discussed below. The most interesting is probably United States v. Zabawa which gives a fair ....
- Short Wins - Slow News Day Edition & DNA Collection News Last week, with the Memorial Day holiday, was a slow week for wins in the federal circuits- there's only one short win. Monday, of course, was a huge ....
