White Collar Prosecutions

White Collar Prosecutions

Increasingly, both the State and Federal governments are electing to prosecute business people, young and old, male and female alike, for alleged "white collar" crimes.

Often these prosecutions are based upon the businessperson merely attempting to comply with the myriad of Federal, State and local menagerie of rules, regulations, codes, and the like, which, if followed "to the letter of the law", will of necessity entail violating other rules, regulations, and code provisions that have been engendered by other political subdivisions.

The small and large business person alike is faced with a "lose-lose" dilemma, either follow all provisions generated by all political subdivisions, and thereby commit violations of one government agency merely by complying with another agency's rules and regulations, or deliberately elect not to follow one agencies rules or another, and thereby violate that agency's code.

For example----If you operate a business in Miami, you are likely subject to rules generated by the City of Miami, those of Miami-Dade County; the State of Florida, and of course the IRS and possibly many other agencies of the State and Federal governments, e.g., Department of Agriculture, Florida's Department of Environmental Protection, Federal environmental rules, the South Florida Water Management District....the list is virtually endless.

Invariably law enforcement and prosecuting authorities elect to "go after" small businesses, sole practitioners are partnerships. These "investigations" can last for years, and involve tens of thousands of documents, undercover "wires", DVD's and CD's, bank records, and the like.

Preparing to defend such a case requires a patient, methodical and thorough approach to identify any potentially inculpatory information in government's hands, excluding evidence that was improperly obtained, and perhaps most importantly, organizing the voluminous material for presentation at a trial or administrative hearing.

For an example of our firm's handling of such a case, see State v. T.D.

Properly representing clients charged in white collar prosecutions requires the same kind of patient, methodical and thorough preparation and presentation as our firm utilized in obtaining the acquittal in State v. T.G., tried before a jury earlier this year.

We at JJK/LLC have handled scores of these cases, and stand ready to assist you when the government comes after you for the way in which you run your business.

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