Federal Crimes

California Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer

Federal criminal charges require aggressive and uncompromising defense strategies that are able to combat the tactics used by experienced federal prosecutors. If you have been charged with a federal crime, you should be aware that the FBI and federal prosecutors may have many weeks or months of a head start on gathering evidence against you. Your federal defense lawyer must have the experience to recognize when your civil rights to due process have been violated during the collection of evidence or at any other time leading up to, and following your arrest.

Exclusively practicing criminal law since 1984

The federal defense law firm of Robert Michael Helfend, Attorney at Law, has the experience to aggressively represent people charged with federal crimes in any Federal District Court in the U.S. I am federal defense attorney Robert Michael Helfend. I offer more than twenty years of federal criminal defense experience. I won't make promises about your case. No attorney should. But I am proud that some of my biggest successes came in federal court cases. Using motions to suppress evidence, motions for disclosure of informants and other legal means to protect your best interests, my objective is always to have your federal charges reduced significantly.

I offer extensive federal defense experiences for cases such as:

• Investment advisory fraud
• FDIC and bank embezzlement
• ERISA and Social Security fraud
• Interstate drug trafficking
• Tax crimes
• Internet crimes, internet child pornography
• Bank robbery

Make sure your federal defense attorney has actual experience in court

I do more than just talk a big game about federal defense. I can rely on my record of cases. I proudly point to the example of one case in particular, in which the FBI uncovered that my client had remotely accessed his former employer's computer without authorization, causing damage to the servers. Using an aggressive strategy as well as arguments to protect my client's family and future, I was able to negotiate the felony down to a misdemeanor, resulting in only one year of probation and NO JAIL TIME.

To review more federal cases I have handled, visit my Case Histories page

Federal sentencing guidelines are tough

You need experienced legal counsel who is familiar with the use and function of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines in order to obtain a favorable result in your matter. I have handled many cases dealing with federal prosecutors. I use this experience to help you avoid the pitfalls that are intrinsic in the guidelines, as well as the government's attempts to pile on sentences through manipulation of the guideline manual.

Contact the federal defense law firm of Robert Michael Helfend, Attorney at Law, to speak directly with me about your federal charges. I am a respected lawyer who is tough, experienced, and highly skilled.