Criminal Defense

William has spent the past 15 years practicing criminal law at both Federal and State Court levels, including major felony trials.  Whether a DUI, white-collar, assault, drug possession, motor vehicle case, or manslaughter, the firm will build a road map to ensure the best outcome possible under the protections of the law.  While popular culture focuses on the criminal trial proceedings, they rarely show the background pretrial work that goes into preparing for your defense. The firm will focus on preparing for a solid preliminary hearing, handling complete discovery inquiry and demand, preparing pretrial motions, outlining jury instructions, all while demonstrating a complete command of the evidence in your case.  This level of attention and advocacy ensures you and your case are taken seriously by the prosecutor, jury and judge. It also ensures that every grounds for appeal is preserved.

For DUI’s, small drug possession, assaults, theft and various other misdemeanor charges, the Commonwealth has various programs outside of trial for some matters, such as ARD, Section 17, Drug Court.  In nearly all cases, there will always be a plea offer. Many times these alternatives to trial are a defendant’s best route.  However, that is a decision for discussion with your attorney and a decision the defendant is in charge of after digesting the advice of counsel.  It’s fairly easy to tell if someone should fight a DUI case, but it takes consideration of the facts as they are alleged in the criminal complaint versus the recollection of you and other witnesses.  Many, many police stops, search and seizures are illegal. A successful motion to dismiss the evidence based on an illegal stop, search or seizure should result in a dismissal of the charges. Regardless of the charges, these are Constitutional issues. They should be addressed with that seriousness.