Philadelphia Criminal Defense Attorney

How Can You Prove You are Innocent in Pennsylvania?

By |2021-10-12T14:07:34+00:00March 1st, 2021|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , |

You’ve been charged with a crime in Pennsylvania. But, you are innocent. You are wrongly accused, and your future is [...]

Criminal Law & Prison Release During Coronavirus

By |2020-11-03T08:43:25+00:00March 24th, 2020|Categories: Bail, Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Criminal Justice in the Age of COVID-19 As the days pass, the news becomes more ominous about the coronavirus pandemic [...]

What Should I Do if I Am Arrested in Pennsylvania?

By |2024-02-20T00:40:52+00:00February 2nd, 2017|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , , |

As a criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I know that most of our encounters with law enforcement are relatively benign, [...]

Can I Refuse a Police Search If Detained By Police in Philadelphia?

By |2020-09-09T08:47:25+00:00January 30th, 2017|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , , |

As a criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia, people ask me questions about whether they can refuse a police search during [...]

What is the Crime of Arson in Pennsylvania?

By |2023-02-08T11:39:03+00:00January 6th, 2017|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , , |

As a criminal defense lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I defend persons who have been accused of committing the crime of [...]

Pennsylvania’s Implied Consent Law

By |2021-06-08T11:09:54+00:00June 30th, 2016|Categories: DUI|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Did you know that when you signed the application for your driver’s license, you were agreeing to submit to any [...]

Drug Charges Dismissed After Motion to Suppress Granted

By |2024-02-20T00:37:35+00:00June 21st, 2016|Categories: Success Stories|Tags: , , , , , , |

Drug Charges in Philadelphia Dismissed After Motion to Suppress Granted Outcome: As a Philadelphia criminal defense attorney, I frequently represent people [...]

Gun Laws in Pennsylvania

By |2021-03-18T09:46:05+00:00May 15th, 2016|Categories: Criminal Defense, Firearm Offenses|Tags: , , , , , |

As a criminal lawyer in Philadelphia, I defend persons accused of gun crimes. Since Philadelphia is trying to reduce gun [...]

Computers Crimes in Pennsylvania

By |2024-02-20T00:33:54+00:00May 15th, 2016|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , |

As a criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia, I help people who have been accused of computer crimes. In recent years, [...]

Burglary Charges in Philadelphia

By |2024-02-20T00:43:05+00:00April 21st, 2016|Categories: Burglary|Tags: , , , , , , |

Burglary in Pennsylvania is a serious offense. It is not something that an accused person should deal with alone. The [...]

Client Acquitted of Pointing Gun at Officers

By |2021-03-18T09:51:52+00:00February 14th, 2016|Categories: Success Stories|Tags: , , , , , |

I have been a criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia since 2005. I was a prosecutor for four years beginning in [...]

Unconstitutionality of Life Without Parole for Juveniles is Retroactive

By |2022-03-16T07:31:23+00:00February 7th, 2016|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , , |

On January 25, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision that will drastically affect anyone convicted of homicide that [...]

Philadelphia Civil Asset Forfeiture: A Citizen’s Guide

By |2021-01-25T11:08:45+00:00December 17th, 2015|Categories: Asset Forfeiture|Tags: , , , , , |

Philadelphia Top Asset Forfeiture Lawyer As a Philadelphia criminal defense attorney, I get calls from people that are not being [...]

Mandatory Minimum Sentences in Pennsylvania

By |2021-03-10T08:22:07+00:00August 27th, 2015|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , , |

If you are convicted of committing a criminal offense, your life will obviously change. If the offense is a serious [...]

Possession with Intent to Deliver

By |2024-02-14T10:36:01+00:00August 27th, 2015|Categories: Drug Offenses|Tags: , , , , , |

Possession with intent to deliver narcotics, commonly referred to as PWID, is the most charged felony in Philadelphia. You can [...]

Expungement Law for Convictions Takes Big Step Forward

By |2023-02-08T11:38:13+00:00February 25th, 2015|Categories: Expungement|Tags: , , , , |

On Monday, February 23, 2015, the Pennsylvania Senate passed Senate Bill 166, which would greatly expand the ability for Pennsylvanians [...]

Endangering the Welfare of Children: Monsignor Lynn’s Fate

By |2021-04-03T09:39:51+00:00February 14th, 2015|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , , |

It’s devastating to be accused of physically or sexually abusing a child. Sometimes, though, a person who has not actually [...]

Hello, Newman! Court Strikes Down Drug and Gun Mandatory Sentence

By |2023-02-08T11:51:29+00:00August 27th, 2014|Categories: Criminal Defense|Tags: , , , , |

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has dropped a bombshell on the state’s mandatory minimum sentencing statutes. On August 20, 2014, the [...]

Former Philadelphia Narcotics Officers Federally Indicted

By |2020-02-25T11:44:45+00:00August 6th, 2014|Categories: Drug Offenses|Tags: , , , , |

The shoe is on the other foot. The pot is calling the kettle black. The hunter has become the hunted. [...]

Philadelphia Gun Charges Dismissed After Motion to Quash Granted

By |2022-01-05T11:00:52+00:00July 27th, 2014|Categories: Success Stories|Tags: , , , , |

Outcome: As a Philadelphia criminal defense attorney, it is our experience that many cases can be won at the pre-trial stage [...]